The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has stepped in to assist delivery of essential public utilities using their buses due to ongoing nationwide lorry strike. The Lorry owner's federation has withdrawn its lorry services demanding roll back of decision to increase insurance premium by the Central Government and imposition of toll collection by the state Government. <br/><br/>To meet public demand for essential goods, the state Transport department has directed all its 15 divisional offices in the state to provide required number of buses as and when district authorities requested. The Road Transport Corporation sources have informed that around 20 buses are provided in Bangalore jurisdiction to transport essential commodities from whitefield sector.