Hyderabad: Double decker buses, once a tourist attraction, are set to stage a comeback on the roads of Hyderabad.
Originally introduced by the Nizam’s Transport Services during the reign of the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan in the 1940s, double decker buses were taken off the road in the 1990s by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.
But now the prospects of their return have brightened with the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) calling for tenders for providing 15 double decker buses for its Hyderabad operations.
Showing keen interest in the project, the TSRTC has also convened a pre-bidding meeting with interested parties for discussion on all the aspects of the project.
1k ‘darshanam’ tickets to be sold in APSRTC buses to Tirupati
By IANS| Published: 4th February 2021 10:15 pm IST
Amaravati, Feb 4 : The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has teamed up with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to make available up to 1,000 ‘darshanam’ (deity visit) tickets to devotees reaching the famous temple on its buses for convenience.
“Along with the fare, people who reach Tirupati on APSRTC buses can pay an additional Rs 300 in the bus itself and buy the darshanam tickets,” APSRTC vice-chairman and managing director R.P. Thakur said on Thursday.
Thakur said darshanam via this arrangement will be available two times a day, at 11 a.m. and at 4 p.m., and once the devotees reach the Tirumala bus station, they will be helped by the road transport corporation’s supervisors.
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The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has informed that devotees can purchase tickets for darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) temple in Tirumala along with the Chennai-Tirumala bus tickets. The tickets would be available at Madhavaram bus station with effect from February 1, 2021, and also online in the APSRTC website. For further details devotees could contact the enquiry office by dialling 9444160990.
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