Crowded vegetable markets, long queues outside provision stores and roads jam-packed with vehicles were the scenes witnessed in the city and in rural areas on Sunday ahead of the week-long lockdown fr
TNSTC operates additional buses
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Employees from various departments in Coimbatore District Collectorate deboarding the bus on Thursday.
| Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS Coimbatore Division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) on Thursday increased the number of buses operated for government employees.
Officials said that six buses were operated for about 180 staff members of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) The buses were operated from Thondamuthur, Madukkarai, Ondipudur, Thudiyalur and Saravanampatti where the staff members boarded the buses at around 5.30 a.m. The number of buses could be increased as per the requirement, the officials said.
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AAA The Salem Division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation has earned about ₹3.20 crore by operating additional buses during the weekend ahead of full lockdown.
The division operated additional buses on Saturday and Sunday after the State government announced full lockdown to contain spread of COVID-19 disease. The Division operated 108 buses additional buses on routes like Chennai, Chidambaram and other important routes here on Saturday and Sunday. According to TNSTC officials, additional 40 buses were operated to Chennai alone as many persons returned from Chennai to their native places.
According to officials, about four lakh commuters travelled during the weekend. Additional buses were operated from Salem to neighbouring districts to transport passengers from Chennai and other cities.
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With the two-week lockdown coming into force on Monday to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Coimbatore Division of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) operated 15 buses for employees of the Coimbatore District Collectorate and conservancy workers attached to the Coimbatore Corporation on Monday.
TNSTC officials said that six buses were operated for 123 Collectorate employees and nine buses were operated for 412 conservancy workers on Monday. The employees of various government departments at the Collectorate were picked up from Pollachi, Mettupalayam, Annur, Sulur, Karumathampatti and Vadavalli and were dropped at the Collectorate office at 9.45 a.m. The buses will also be operated at around 5 p.m. for their return journey, the officials said.
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AAA With the two-week lockdown coming into force on Monday, the Coimbatore Division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) operated 15 buses for employees of the District Collectorate and conservancy workers on Monday.
TNSTC officials said that six buses were operated for 123 Collectorate employees and nine buses for 412 conservancy workers. The employees of various government departments at the Collectorate were picked up from Pollachi, Mettupalayam, Annur, Sulur, Karumathampatti and Vadavalli and were dropped at the Collectorate at 9.45 a.m. The buses will also be operated at around 5 p.m. for their return journey, the officials said.