BELGAUM, July 20: The Karnataka Government will sign agreements with other neighbouring States in order to ply Road Transport Corporation buses on inter-State routes. According to P G R Sindhia, Karnataka transport minister, the move to bifurcate the Karnataka State Transport Corporation into four independent corporations for Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad and Uttar Kannada region will come into effect on August 15. This move would improve the efficiency of services, he added.

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