Chennai: In view of the consecutive holiday for Vinayagar Chaturthi, Transport Department Secretary L. Nirmal Raj yesterday inspected and reviewed the operation of special buses run by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations from the Kilambakkam bus terminus.
Following this, a consultation meeting on the operation of special buses and the arrangements to be made during the consecutive holidays for Ayudha Pooja and the Diwali festival was held at the conference hall in Kilambakkam.
The Secretary of the Transport Department told reporters: In view of the Vinayagar Chaturthi holiday period, we inspected the special bus operations and conducted an assessment to see whether adequate bus facilities have been arranged for passengers traveling to various places.
An inspection will also be conducted regarding the setting up of temporary bus stations for the Ayudha Pooja holiday period and the Diwali festival holiday period, as well as from which locations the buses should be operated, in order to ensure smooth transport without traffic congestion or inconvenience to passengers.
Following this, our recommendations will be conveyed to the Transport Minister and the Chief Secretary, and appropriate decisions will be taken. No bus was operated late from Klambakkam; they were operated at the correct time.
Passengers say that buses should be started immediately after they board the buses that have been parked. Buses can only be operated at the scheduled time. To prevent this problem, we have instructed the driver and conductor to indicate the departure time on the buses. He said this.
