Dussehra Special Buses: To accommodate passengers during the Dussehra rush, 6,100 special bus services will be operated by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC). The exclusive services will be accessible from October 4 to October 20.
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The primary days of the celebration are October 11 and 12, and the state government has previously announced Dussehra vacations from October 3 to October 13.
The APSRTC has scheduled 3,040 buses to operate before the festival and 3,060 buses after the festival, taking into account the weekends leading up to the event as well as the holidays observed by educational institutions.
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While the majority of buses will be routed to Vijayawada from various areas of the state as well as neighbouring states, Hyderabad ranks second in terms of bus allocation due to the enormous number of devotees who attend the Kanaka Durga Temple.
Up to 1,100 buses will be available to go to Vijayawada during and after the festival from various locations around the state. Since the majority of the state-run corporation’s workers used to go to their native Andhra Pradesh, 990 buses were allocated to Hyderabad before and after Dussehra.
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Special buses are being offered from Bhadrachalam, Bengaluru, and Chennai outside the state of Andhra Pradesh, and Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Rajahmundry, Kurnool, Tirupati, Vizianagaram, Bhimavaram, Amalapuram, Kadapa, Srisailam, Markapuram, Ongole, Srikakulam, Tuni, and Nellore inside the state.
The APSRTC is giving a price reduction of 10 percent on special services if a return travel ticket is also purchased. Booking for the special services has already begun, and passengers may reserve their tickets based on their travel plans, according to an APSRTC release.
