TN Transport dept to operate almost 11,000 buses for Diwali from Chennai

These buses will be operated from Thursday to Saturday to clear the extra rush of passengers moving to their hometowns to celebrate the festival.
TN Transport dept to operate almost 11,000 buses for Diwali from Chennai
TN Transport dept to operate almost 11,000 buses for Diwali from Chennai
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With Diwali around the corner, the Tamil Nadu’s state transport department is gearing up to facilitate commuters to reach their hometowns on time for the festival. The department has decided to operate 10,940 buses from Chennai to various parts of the state to clear the Diwali rush. 

As per reports, the buses will be operated on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from different bus-stands within and on the outskirts of the city — Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), Madhavaram new bus-stand, Arignar Anna bus-stand in Tambaram-Sanatorium, KK Nagar MTC stand, Tambaram railway station bus-stand and Poonamallee bus-stand. The department will also operate special reservation counters during these days in these bus-stands to enable passengers to travel to their homes. 

The department has also initiated changes in the routes in which buses will be operated on these days. Buses travelling to Andhra Pradesh — TNSTC and the APSRTC services — via Red Hills will be operated from the Madhavaram new bus-stand. Buses that operate via the East Coast Road (ECR) to Puducherry, Cuddalore and Chidambaram will start their journey from the KK Nagar MTC stand. Buses to Kumbakonam, Thanjavur via Tindivanam will be operated from the Arignar Anna bus-stand at Tambaram-Sanatorium. 

Buses bound to Kancheepuram, Arcot, Arani, Vellore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Hosur, Chittoor and Tirupati via Tiruttani will leave from Poonamallee bus-stand. Tambaram railway station bus-stand will operate buses to Tiruvannamalai via Tindivanam, Panruti, Neyveli, Chidambaram, buses scheduled to Puducherry, Chidambaram and Cuddalore via Tindivanam etc. 

The department also stated that buses from CMBT scheduled to other parts of the state via the GST road will ply through Maduravoyal, Poonamallee, Nazarathpet, Outer Ring Road and Vandalur to reach the temporary bus-stand in Urapakkam, instead of plying through Tambaram-Perungalathur stretch.

On account of Diwali, the state government has also announced a local holiday on October 28, 2019, Monday for all the government offices and educational institutions in the state. To compensate for the holiday, November 11, 2019 (second Saturday) will be a working day, as per the Government Order issued on Monday.  

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