3,500 special buses for Sankranthi

HYDERABAD: Keepng in view the Sankranthi festival rush, the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has decided to operate as many as 3,500 special buses besides regular services from Hyderabad to destinatons across the state from January 10 to 14.
RTC Rangareddy regional manager C Vinod Kumar said a few Garuda buses would be operated to Vijayawada and 50 percent extra charge collected over the normal fare. RTC officials have also decided to operate more buses to Nellore, Ongole, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Kurnool, Karimnagar, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari and Mahaboobnagar districts.