Cashew harvest for APSRTC: Rs. 144 crore income .. 36 lakh people in one day ..!

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APS RTC), which runs special buses during the Sankranti festival, has received a staggering revenue. Achieved record levels of revenue. In 12 days, a lump sum of Rs. 144 crore. APS RTC Managing Director (MD) Dwarka Thirumala Rao on Friday issued a statement to this effect. MD thanked the passengers who traveled in APS RTC buses on the occasion of Bhogi, Sankranti and Kanuma Parvati.

MD Dwarka Thiramala Rao said that RTC had made a profit of Rs 144 crore during the Sankranti season. He said the gains were due to the fact that the buses were operated from January 7 to 18.

Dwarka Thirumala Rao explained that 5,422 special buses were run for Sankranti from all parts of AP to Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Palakonda, Bhimavaram, Kanigiri, Gudivada, Macharla, Nellore, Chittoor, Pulivendula, Nandyala and Kadiri.

About 1,350 buses have been plying from Andhra Pradesh to Hyderabad so far. On January 17, the highest number of passengers was 36 lakh, costing Rs. 15.40 crore was the highest revenue.

The RTC said that as the holidays were extended to educational institutions in neighboring states till January 31, adequate buses would be arranged daily from all district centers to other states to cater to the needs of the commuters. However, Kovid explained that the number of passengers from Chennai and Bangalore has dropped drastically due to the third wave.

Dwarka Thirumala Rao said that as tracking facility was provided in all these buses, passengers would be safely transported to their destinations in a timely manner as per the Kovid rules, without any hassle through 24×7 call center services.