BRTS For Hubli, Mysore, Bangalore

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BANGALORE: The state Cabinet, which met here on Thursday, has given the administrative approval to the Bus Rapid Transport System ..

BANGALORE: The state Cabinet, which met here on Thursday, has given the administrative approval to the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) for Mysore, Bangalore and HubliDharwad cities, Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya informed.
Addressing reporters after the meeting, Dr Acharya said the state Cabinet approved the BRTS to be built in three cities of the state at a cost of over `1,173 crore. He said BRTS is expected to substantially solve the traffic problems of the emerging cities and added that Mysore will get the lion's share of the project where over 160km length of dedicated track for buses would be built followed by 30km lengths each in Bangalore and HubliDharwad.

Informing that the system was functioning successfully in over 100 countries, he said it would also help save time and fuel substantially. "The gestation period to recover the cost would be around 4 to 5 years after the project is commissioned," he said.