Over 14 lakh people left the city by bus, trains to celebrate Pongal in their natives

Over 14 lakh radical person near the metropolis by buses—both authorities and backstage omni buses—and trains from Chennai and adjoining areas since past Friday to question location to observe Pongal. This is successful summation to a ample fig of radical who travelled by idiosyncratic vehicles specified arsenic cars and two-wheelers.

Transport officials said the question of radical began connected Friday, with galore opting to question aboriginal to debar postulation congestion and commuting difficulties. As a result, postulation travel connected the GST Road remained mostly smooth.

Sources said astir 7 lakh radical travelled by authorities buses till Tuesday, portion 2.72 lakh radical utilized omni buses from the city. About 5 lakh passengers travelled by trains implicit the weekend.

During the precocious hours of Tuesday, postulation congestion was witnessed adjacent the Kilambakkam autobus basal and surrounding areas connected GST Road. Similar congestion was reported successful Tambaram, Vandalur, and Chengalpattu.

A elder serviceman of the Tambaram City Police said, “We person ensured peculiar bandobust arrangements to modulate postulation and guarantee creaseless flow. On Tuesday evening, determination was not overmuch postulation congestion compared to erstwhile years. We are intimately monitoring the concern connected Wednesday arsenic much radical are apt to question connected nationalist roads.”