TSRTC may not ply AC bus services
The public is not willing to use the metro rail as they feel it expensive, the AC cabs can be taken as second option but the public feel that it is too expensive
Hyderabad: Even after the mercury in the city has crossed 40 degrees Celsius, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is still mum on providing AC bus services to the commuters in Hyderabad.
The public is not willing to use the metro rail as they feel it expensive, the AC cabs can be taken as second option but the public feel that it is too expensive
It may be recalled that with the TSRTC boost of hi-tech AC bus shelters, the corporation is in no mood to ply the AC buses on roads.
The TSRTC used to ply 80 AC buses as Metro Luxury in Hyderabad with a minimum fare of Rs. 25, after the end of second lockdown, the passengers number fell sharply and later these buses did not come on the roads.
The AC buses used to ply mostly on the Jubilee Hills, Hi-tech City and Madhapur roads and after the second lockdown, the TSRTC began the services by 40 per cent.
After the Covid linked restrictions were lifted, the TSRTC claimed all the services are back on roads, but the Metro Luxury AC buses services are yet to come on to the roads.
According to the sources from TSRTC, around 50 of the Metro Luxury AC buses are converted into Rajadhani buses which are used for services to the districts in the State, it is said that 30 percent of the same buses will be converted into Rajadhani buses.
According to senior officials of TSRTC, who stated that after Covid-19 situation passengers hesitated to use the AC buses service and hence the demand for these buses drastically reduced, hence, we decided to convert these buses into Rajadhani buses to use it to shuttle between Hyderabad and Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal.
