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The Tamil Nadu Transport section volition run much than 34,000 buses, including peculiar buses, crossed the State for the Pongal festival to beryllium celebrated connected January 15 this year. Over 25,000 buses volition beryllium operated successful the instrumentality directions arsenic well.
Transport Minister S.S. Sivasankar, astatine a property conscionable held astatine the Secretariat connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), said the cognition of peculiar buses volition statesman from January 9 and spell connected till January 14. A full of 22,796 buses, including 10,245 peculiar buses, volition beryllium operated from Chennai to assorted destinations crossed the State. The buses volition beryllium operated from the 3 autobus termini, namely Kilambakkam, Koyambedu, and Madhavaram, helium added.
For south-bound destinations similar Puducherry, Cuddalore, Tiruchi, Madurai, Thirunelveli, Coimbatore, and Thanjavur, buses volition beryllium operated from the Kilambakkam autobus terminus. To locations similar Vandavasi and Tiruvannamalai, buses volition beryllium operated from the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) helping of Kilambakkam.
Passengers travelling to Andhra Pradesh via Ponneri and Uthukottai volition person to committee from the Madhavaram autobus terminus. Some buses bound for Tiruchi, Kumbakonam, and Salem volition besides tally from this terminus.
Those passengers travelling to ECR, Kancheepuram, and Thiruttani tin committee from the Dr. M.G.R. autobus terminus successful Koyambedu, aforesaid arsenic passengers bound for Bengaluru via Vellore.
In the instrumentality direction, autobus operations, on with peculiar buses, towards the metropolis volition statesman from January 16 and spell connected till January 19.
The Transport department, successful summation to opening assistance desks astatine respective places, has launched a peculiar toll escaped no. 18004256151 successful lawsuit of immoderate complaints astir backstage omnibus operators collecting excess fares.
