Chennai: The state government is getting geared up to operate special buses for Deepavali, which falls on Oct. 30, to enable the people to visit their native places and return to the place of work.
In all likelihood, the government would operate over 11,000 special buses for this festive season. Last year, the government had operated 11,959 specials from Chennai to various destinations and in 2014 about 9,088 special buses were operated. The number of specials being operated during the Festival of Lights has been increasing year on year basis.
Reviewing the arrangements being made by the state transport corporation to run the specials, following instruction from Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, State Transport Minister M. R. Vijayabaskar, directed the officials to make sure that the public did not face any hardship in reaching their destinations. The buses would be operated for the benefit of those visiting their native places during the festival season. Principle secretary, transport department, Chandrakant B Kamble, CEO Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority M. Mathivanan and other officials participated.
