Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and colleagues to ride open top double decker bus to Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and his cabinet will travel to a meeting in Mangaluru using an open-top double-decker bus. The event is intended to allow ministers to engage with the public and address region-specific issues outside the state capital.
Why it matters
The event serves as a public relations effort to increase government visibility and accessibility in regional areas of Karnataka.
Karnataka’s Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar and his ministerial colleagues will travel together to the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru on September 18 in an open top bus, according to Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U. T. Khader.
The ministers are expected to converge at the Kadri Manjunatha temple in the morning before commencing their journey to the district office complex, Praja Soudha, at Padil. The ministers would board an open top double decker bus of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) around 10 a.m. They will travel in the bus from Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwell) Circle to Praja Soudha.
Civic workers spruce up the route from Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwell) Circle to Praja Soudha on Padil Road ahead of the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru, on September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY
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