bengaluru after reporting that its twomonth pilot trial run with one ac electric bus between bengaluru and mysuru was successful karnataka state road transport corporation ksrtc has deployed 25 buses on six routes for shortdistance intrastate travel from bengaluru starting monday ksrtc has become the first stateowned entity in india to deploy a fleet of ebuses for intrastate travel according to managing director anbu kumar these buses can travel 320km on a single charge passengers can now travel in an ecofriendly manner between bengaluru and mysuru virajpet davanagere shivamogga chikkamagaluru and madikere while enjoying the comfort of airconditioning with pushback seats chief minister basavaraj bommai inaugurated the 45seater fleet of 25 buses and ksrtc said it is working on preparing a similar fleet for even shorter travel to cities less than 100km from bengaluru such as kolar chikkaballapur and tumakuru more announcements on ac ebuses for even shorter distances from bengaluru can be expected in the next three months said anbu kumar he told toi the corporation would like to introduce similar services for interstate travel but the available batteries cannot be used for interstate distances further passengers also prefer sleeper buses as opposed to seaters for long travel time