Belagavi: A grievance redressal and review meeting of the units and divisions of the North-Western Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) in the Belagavi district was held at the KPTCL hall on Monday. District minister Satish Jarkiholi presided over the meeting.The problems faced by passengers and students due to Shakti yojane, shortage of buses and staff, lack of funds to provide infrastructure at bus stands, additional bus facilities to provide adequate transport facilities to students and rural people, and other issues came up for discussion. Officials informed the minister that the Shakti yojane was causing problems to passengers in the city. They said that the superiors will be informed to facilitate additional buses to address the problems.Transport department officials informed that there was a shortage of staff in the Savadatti and Ramdurg units of the Dharwad division. A round of meetings will be held with the transport officials to recruit the staff required for these two units soon. Belagavi senior divisional controller Rajesh Huddar informed that there was a shortage of 50 buses and 150 staff in the Chikodi division. 516,000 people travel daily. Rs 1 crore is pending from the Shakti yojane to the transport department.The minister assured that everything would be resolved after discussing at the govt level to resolve the pending amount. On this occasion, minister Satish Jarkiholi accepted the memorandums submitted by the public appealing to fulfil various demands. The minister said that the new city bus station in Belagavi is being constructed by Smart City Ltd and is currently nearing completion. It will be inaugurated by CM Siddaramaiah soon.Transport corporation president MLAs Raju Kage, MLAs Raju Sait, Vishwas Vaidya, Buda president Laxman Rao Chingale, and officials were present.
