The fourth of every month has been observed as Bus Day for over a year now, and on this month’s Bus Day, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) saw many senior bureaucrats ride public buses to work.
Among the bureaucrats who bussed it on Wednesday were GK Boregowda, secretary, department of parliamentary affairs, GS Narayana Swamy, secretary, revenue department, KGV Murthy, secretary, department of law, KS Prabhakar, secretary, revenue and Muni Veeregowda, deputy commissioner, Road Transport Office, Bangalore. These bureaucrats waited at the bus stop nearest their homes, and took the bus to their offices at the Vikasa and Vidhana Soudha.
This Bus Day was conducted to discipline government officers and to promote public transport among all sections of society. The officers interacted with other riders on the public buses. In coming months, BMTC expects to rope in senior police personnel too into Bus Day.
