SSC exam: Students can travel in TSRTC buses for free

The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will allow students writing SSC examinations from April 3 to April 13, to travel free of cost in its buses upon producing their exam hall ticket and bus pass, irrespective of distance and origin anywhere across the State.

A total of 4, 94,458 students are expected to appear in a total of 2,652 centres spread across the State. The timings of the examinations are from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

RTC officials said in rural areas, students may have to travel long distances to reach the examination centres. To facilitate such students to reach the centres in time and as well as return to their



homes, there was every need to run more number of bus services on exam days and timings. They are ensuring full operations of all Pallevelugu bus services connecting residential colonies, without any cancellation.

The District Education Officers have already started furnishing the list of exam centres and details of routes in which more number of buses are to be arranged, to the RTC Regional and Depot Managers.

Accordingly, the corporation is planning to operate required number of buses or trips to enable students to reach the exam centres by 8.45 am and return trips from centres after 12.30pm.