While the BMTC services have definitely improved in recent times, especially with the induction of the Volvo buses, it is felt that it can do much more to help the commuters and generate more revenue for itself by paying attention to certain details which do not involve much investment.

The destination boards are often not in place , haphazardly written and sometimes with confusingly different markings on the front and rear. It is also surprising that the electronic sign on the Volvos shows the same destination in the onward and return directions. Can they not be programmed correctly?

     With a very few exceptions, the destination markings are all exclusively in Kannada. BMTC is in effect dissuading a large section of the floating population of the metropolis from using their buses. This is in variance with the other metros where they are bilingual. Hyderabad adopts the trilingual pattern, Urdu included.
       
C.S.Anand
Nagarbhavi Road,
Bangalore 72