RTC operates 70 per cent bus services across Telangana

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) authorities stepped up efforts to operate as many bus services as possible across the State on Sunday, the second day of the indefinite strike called by the Joint Action Committee of various unions of TSRTC employees and workers.

Sources said that close to 70 per cent of the bus services were operated on Sunday to ensure that public suffer no inconvenience due to the strike in view of the festival season. No untoward incidents were reported on Sunday too.

In Karimnagar region, TSRTC officials said, 80 per cent of the buses were operated on different routes comprising Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Jagitial and Rajanna-Sircilla districts. Out of 637 buses, 503 vehicles including 301 RTC and 202 hired services were operated in ten depots limits of the region. RTC officials, who recruited 170 temporary drivers and conductors on the first day of the strike, appointed 301 drivers and conductors on Sunday to run 503 services.

In Warangal Region, authorities plied



546 buses against the total of 942 from nine depots, averaging around 60 per cent on Sunday. On Saturday, the authorities could run only 432 buses.

In Adilabad, the corporation pressed into service 35 buses belonging to TSRTC, 34 hired buses, 15 private buses and 10 educational institution buses to avoid inconvenience to passengers. The district has a total of 131 buses.

In Mancherial, 39 TSRTC buses and 50 hired buses against the total of 141 were operated. As many as 58 buses belonging to TSRTC, 75 hired, nine private buses, four school buses and 85 maxi cabs were plied in Nirmal district as compared to the total fleet of 148 vehicles.

In Nizamabad district also, the authorities managed to run more services on Sunday with 423 out of 644 buses operating on the roads. On Saturday, the corporation could operate only 297 services, authorities said, adding that 241 temporary drivers and conductors were appointed in the region in the past two days.