Kanpur: Bus passengers are supposed to face no problem of rush during Diwali as the UP Roadways Corporation will operate as many as 200 buses in the state.
There will be run a total of 50 air-conditioned buses in this fleet of operation.
It has been said that the Corporation decided to operate the extra buses for the passenger's comfort during the festive days.
The UPSRTC will operate additional 200 buses from Delhi to various cities of Uttar Pradesh starting from October 25.
A large number of buses out of the 200 will also be connecting to different places in Uttarakhand and Purvanchal.
Regional Manager of UPSRTC, AK Singh said, "The Corporation has decided to operate the buses from Delhi’s Anand Vihar, Kashmiri Gate and Ghaziabad’s Kaushambi."
The operators have been instructed to increase the frequency of short distance buses.
"The corporation will be running 150 normal buses and 50 AC buses. These buses will travel to Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Etah, Mainpuri, Aligarh, Bareilly, Agra, Moradabad and Prayagraj," added Singh.
The buses destined to Lucknow, Kanpur, Faizabad, Dehradun and Rishikesh have been instructed to return to Delhi and NCR bus depots soon after de-boarding the passengers.
