The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will start inter-State bus operations to Kerala from Mangaluru, Puttur, Bengaluru, Mysuru, and other places from next Monday, July 12, an official said.

The KSRTC services have been suspended for over 2 months due to Covid-induced lockdown. "With the easing of restrictions under unlock 3.0 since July 5 on the movement of people and vehicles to and from neighbouring states, we have decided to resume our bus service to cities and towns across Kerala," said a corporation official in a statement here.

In the light of the increasing number of Covid cases in the neighbouring state daily, the corporation has made 72-hour negative test report mandatory for passengers coming into Karnataka from Kerala. "Passengers who have received even one dose of the vaccine should carry its certificate before boarding our inter-state buses," said official. Students and others in Kerala visiting Karnataka daily for education, business and other reasons have to undergo RT-PCR test once in 15 days and possess a negative Covid test report.

As per the Karnataka govt’s order, those travelling from Kerala to Karnataka should possess a COVID-19 negative certificate mandatorily,  not older than 72 hours or a vaccination certificate of having received at least one dose of the vaccine. Students and other regular travellers for business or other reasons to Karnataka should undergo the RT-PCR test once in a fortnight and possess COVID-19 negative certificates.

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