Hyderabad: Lakhs of people headed to their native places from Hyderabad in all available modes of transport for 'Sankranti' festival to be celebrated on Tuesday.
Bus and railway stations in the city have been witnessing massive rush of people as they jostled for space in the buses and trains heading to various districts, mainly Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, to reach their ancestral homes for the three-day harvest festival of Sankranti, beginning January 14.
The number of special trains and buses, in addition to the regular services, arranged by the authorities were turning out to be inadequate in view of the heavy rush of passengers.
Scores of people were still waiting at the different bus and railway stations in the city to board a bus or train.
Security personnel had to intervene to ensure that no untoward incident take place at the bus and railway stations.
The South Central Railway here had already announced operating about 110 special trains and generation of over 40,000 additional berths to handle the heavy rush during the festive season.
The state-run Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) was also operating special services to clear the heavy rush of passengers.
In the wake of massive road mishap involving a luxury bus in Mahabubnagar district in October in which over 40 people were burnt alive, the transport department is cracking down on private buses operating on long distance routes for various violations of laws.
The Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway witnessed a massive rush of cars with thousands of people travelling to their native places in Coastal Andhra.
Source:
Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
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