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- ↑ "KSRTC city circular services start registering profit". The Hindu. 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "How seven coloured city circular route buses help commuters in Thiruvananthapuram". The News Minute. 1 January 2022.
- ↑ ലേഖകൻ, മാധ്യമം (4 June 2023). "കെ.എസ്.ആര്.ടി.സി; സിറ്റി സര്ക്കുലര് രണ്ടാംഘട്ട ഇ-ബസുകൾ എത്തിത്തുടങ്ങി | Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com (in Malayalam).
- ↑ "കെഎസ്ആർടിസി സിറ്റി സർക്കുലർ ഇനി കൊച്ചിയിലും". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam).