MSRTC earns Rs 7.8 crore from 4L passengers

The state bus corporation got an overwhelming response with nearly 4 lakh travellers opting for the Konkan buses during the recent Ganesh festival, statistics released on Tuesday showed.

State transport minister and MSRTC chairman Anil Parab announced that the cash-strapped bus corporation earned Rs 7.8 crore from bus bookings for Konkan.

“We had planned to deploy just 2,200 buses, but due to heavy demand for passenger bookings, we finally ferried citizens to Konkan in 3,290 buses,” said Parab.

Courtesy: TOI