Chennai,
Tamil Nadu Government Rapid Transport Corporation Managing Director Mohan has said in a statement:-
As Shivratri and Mukurtam fall on 8th (Friday) and 9th and 10th are Saturday and Sunday holidays, more passengers are expected to travel from Chennai to and from other places across Tamil Nadu. Considering this, Tamil Nadu Government Transport Corporations have planned to run special buses in addition to the daily buses.
270 buses from Chennai Klambak to Thiruvannamalai, Trichy, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Tirupur on Thursday 7th (tomorrow) and 390 buses on 8th (Friday) , 430 buses will be operated on 9th (Saturday).
Also, 70 buses are scheduled to run from Chennai Coimbatore to Nagai, Velankanni, Hosur, Bengaluru on 8th and 9th. Similarly, 200 special buses are also planned to run from Bangalore, Tirupur, Erode and Coimbatore to various destinations. Accordingly, a total of 1,360 special buses will be operated.
Also, it is planned to run special buses from all places according to the needs of the passengers to facilitate their return from their hometowns to Chennai and Bangalore on Sunday. This weekend 9 thousand 96 passengers booked on Thursday, 7 thousand 268 passengers on Friday, 3 thousand 769 passengers on Saturday and 9 thousand 11 passengers on Sunday.
As this number is likely to increase further, long-distance passengers are requested to book their journey through www.tnstc.in and mobile application (app) to avoid rush hour.
Adequate officers have been appointed at all bus stations to monitor the operation of this special bus.
It says so.