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As the Sankranti holidays wrapped up, radical thronged the Dwaraka Bus Stand and Visakhapatnam railway presumption connected Sunday to instrumentality to work.
Trains departing from Visakhapatnam were moving to afloat capacity, peculiarly those headed towards Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Chennai and different large destinations. Several platforms remained crowded passim the time arsenic passengers waited to committee their respective trains. To forestall untoward incidents and guarantee orderly boarding, Railway Protection Force (RPF) unit were deployed connected prime platforms, particularly for long-distance trains.
A akin concern prevailed astatine the Dwaraka Bus Station, wherever commuters rushed towards buses the infinitesimal they arrived, hoping to unafraid seats. The Visakhapatnam Region of APSRTC operated 100 buses connected Saturday and 150 buses connected Sunday to cater to the instrumentality rush. Buses bound for Vijayawada, Rajahmahendravaram, Eluru, Rayagada, Jeypore and different towns were wholly packed successful the greeting hours. By night, however, the unreserved gradually subsided arsenic the fig of departures reduced.
People aft participating successful the festival astatine their autochthonal villages were seen alighting from backstage buses crossed the metropolis astatine spots specified arsenic Assilmetta, Dwaraka Nagar, Old Gajuwaka, Kurmannapalem, Duvvada, NAD Junction, Hanumanthawaka and Madhurawada. In the night, radical were spotted astatine NAD Junction, Rama Talkies and large junctions, preparing to committee buses heading to Hyderabad.
The last time of the Sankranti holidays saw dense footfall astatine large tourer spots crossed the city. Meanwhile, officials from the Road Transport Authority (RTA) continued inspections astatine assorted places to cheque violations by backstage buses and guarantee rider safety.
