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Koyilandy MLA Allocates Rs 40 Lakh for KSRTC Bus
Koyilandy MLA K Praveen Kumar has proposed using Rs 40 lakh from his MLA funds to buy a bus for KSRTC.
KSRTC says this is the first time an MLA has set aside constituency funds for this purpose.
The proposal was sent to the Kozhikode district collector.
The bus is meant to make travel easier for people in Koyilandy.
Local public representatives will help decide where it will run.
KSRTC says other MLAs are also willing to help buy buses.
A cooperative society, a bank and a private individual have each already donated Rs 40 lakh for a bus.
Koyilandy MLA K Praveen Kumar proposed allocating Rs 40 lakh from his MLA funds to buy a KSRTC bus.
KSRTC said this was the first time an MLA had allocated constituency development funds for purchasing a bus for the corporation.
The proposal was submitted to Kozhikode District Collector M S Madhavikutty.
The bus is intended to ease travel in the Koyilandy constituency and strengthen public transport; its route will be decided later with public representatives.
KSRTC said other MLAs had expressed willingness to buy buses, and that three other donors had each contributed Rs 40 lakh for buses.
- Who
- Koyilandy MLA K Praveen Kumar and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
- What
- K Praveen Kumar proposed allocating Rs 40 lakh from his MLA funds to purchase a bus for KSRTC.
- Where
- Koyilandy constituency, Kozhikode district, Kerala.
- When
- The report was dated October 8 and described the announcement as made on Thursday; no year was specified.
- Why
- To ease travel difficulties in the constituency and strengthen public transport.
Key facts
- Proposed allocation
- Rs 40 lakh from the MLA's funds
- MLA
- K Praveen Kumar, representing Koyilandy
- Proposal submitted to
- Kozhikode District Collector M S Madhavikutty
- Intended purpose
- Ease travel in Koyilandy and strengthen public transport
- Bus route
- To be decided later in consultation with public representatives
- Other bus donors mentioned
- A Thrissur-based cooperative society, Calicut City Service Cooperative Bank and a private individual had each donated Rs 40 lakh
Quotes
KSRTC
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, the state transport corporation.
“Such people-centric initiatives aimed at improving travel facilities and extending KSRTC services to more areas will further strengthen the public transport sector.”
theprint.in
“The MLA submitted a proposal worth Rs 40 lakh for the new bus to Kozhikode District Collector M S Madhavikutty.”
theprint.in
Sources
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