BMTC Bus’s Axle breaks off and wheel runs into Paragon slipper factory

BMTC Bus’s Axle breaks off and wheel runs into Paragon slipper factory

BMTC Bus’s Axle breaks off on the run, and it’s wheel runs into Paragon slipper factory. The incident was happened in Peenya 2nd Stage, TVS Cross. Video Source: whatsapp.

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is a government agency that operates the public transport bus service in Bangalore, India. It has the highest number of Volvo buses operated by a public transport company in India.

The BMTC is one of the three Subsidiaries of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, in the context of the city’s expansion in the year 1997, Bangalore Transport Service(BTS) was formed . Later Bangalore Transport Service(BTS) became Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. and the colour scheme of BTS was also changed from red to a blue and white combination. For this day BMTC still remains a division of KSRTC. The profits earned by BMTC are used to cover the losses from the NWKRTC and NEKRTC divisions of KSRTC.[6]. Indian actor superstar Rajinikanth began acting in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor.

To benefit the commuters and promote the usage of public transportation, the BMTC launched its Intelligent Transport System (ITS) on 25 May 2016. Under this project, BMTC buses were equipped with GPS in a phased manner which would transmit the location of the bus to the ITS control room. A mobile app was launched on the android platform which was made available in two languages, English and Kannada.

The app provides information about bus routes and bus stops. Real time location of buses on a particular route can also be tracked, which requires the users to switch on the GPS on their device. By early 2017, BMTC would be introducing prepaid smart cards for commuting, which would eliminate the need to pay the exact amount of change.