TGSRTC carried 1.4 crore passengers during the first three days of the Dasara season, as the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation expanded its special bus operations to manage increased festival travel between October 9 and 11.
The corporation said it operated 1,417 special buses during the period, 495 more than the 922 additional buses deployed during the corresponding three-day period last year. TGSRTC described the operation as a record-scale effort to provide transport facilities during the festival season.
The figures capture the scale of the public transport demand generated by Dasara travel in Telangana. Rather than relying only on its regular timetable, the corporation added a large number of services for the festival period, increasing available bus capacity when passenger movement was higher.
TGSRTC also highlighted the Mahalakshmi free bus travel scheme for women. According to the corporation, women saved an average of ₹13.73 crore every day during festival travel under the scheme.
The reported passenger figure covers the first three days of the Dasara season and does not represent the total number of passengers travelling during the entire festival period. The corporation’s comparison with last year relates specifically to the number of additional buses operated during the same initial three-day period.
The deployment of 1,417 special buses indicates the operational role of the state bus network during periods of concentrated travel. Festival demand can place pressure on public transport systems, making the availability of additional services important for passengers travelling between cities, towns and other destinations across the state. The supplied report does not provide a route-wise breakdown, passenger distribution, occupancy levels or details of the destinations served by the special buses.
The Mahalakshmi scheme also formed part of the corporation’s account of the festival operation. TGSRTC’s daily savings estimate provides a measure of the financial value of free travel to women using the service, although the report does not specify the number of women passengers covered, the calculation method or the total expenditure associated with the scheme.
The corporation’s figures therefore combine two parts of the Dasara transport response: additional supply through special bus services and subsidised or free travel under the Mahalakshmi scheme. Together, they show how festival mobility is being managed through both increased operations and fare support.
TGSRTC’s reported figures cover travel from October 9 to 11. The corporation did not provide further details in the supplied report on whether additional special buses would be operated after this period or whether a final festival-season passenger total would be released.
