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The Dwaraka Bus Station and Visakhapatnam Railway Station witnessed dense unreserved connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) arsenic radical travelled to their autochthonal places to observe the Sankranti festival. The festive play triggered a monolithic question of passengers, resulting successful overcrowding astatine railway and autobus stations crossed the city.
People jostled and pushed 1 different arsenic soon arsenic a autobus oregon bid arrived astatine the level successful an effort to unafraid a seat. In galore instances, passengers adjacent entered buses and trains done the windows to assertion one.
Buses heading towards Srikakulam, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Salur, and respective different regions witnessed highly dense demand. Despite an summation successful the frequence of buses, passengers felt that the disposable seats were inactive insufficient. Some travellers said that further buses should person been deployed to negociate the crowd. The non-stop autobus counters, successful particular, were seen with agelong and winding queue lines passim the day.
“We person been waiting for a agelong time, but could not get our bid preservation confirmed owed to the Sankranti rush. So, the past enactment near for america was taking a bus. However, the concern present looks horrible,” said G. Gopi Krishna, a autochthonal of Ichchapuram successful Srikakulam district, who was waiting astatine the Dwaraka Bus Station.
Several radical chose to thrust two-wheelers alternatively of boarding overcrowded buses oregon trains. Some were seen travelling dangerously, with 4 persons—including 2 children—riding connected a azygous motorcycle on with luggage.
Meanwhile, cab drivers and van operators seen operating services betwixt Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam allegedly charged somewhat higher fares compared to RTC buses. These services were peculiarly progressive betwixt Maddilapalem and Madhurawada autobus stops.
Passenger unreserved up of Sankranti festival astatine Visakhapatnam Railway presumption connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU
A akin concern prevailed astatine the railway station. Trains moving towards Vijayawada, Guntur, Bhubaneswar, and Palasa were successful immense demand. From the aboriginal hours of the day, passengers started arriving astatine the railway station, and each platforms were packed with travellers.
The National Highway-16 witnessed a dependable travel of backstage question buses entering the metropolis from Vijayawada, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. Considering the festive demand, a fewer backstage buses were reportedly charging further fares, according to immoderate travellers.
Meanwhile, officials of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) person been conducting checks astatine assorted locations and booking cases against violations.
