KTC ferries seafarers from Goa airport to their states

PANAJI: Passengers who are not residents of Goa were picked up from Dabolim airport on Friday and ferried to their respective native states in 11 buses of the Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC).
The passengers reached their respective destinations safely by Saturday, officials from the corporation said.
“The passengers were seafarers whose flights had landed in Goa. There have been no obstacles in their journey from the Goa airport to their destination. The operations were carried out smoothly,” KTC general manager, Sanjay Ghate said on Saturday.
A total of 256 passengers were transported in this journey, with the highest number of people ferried to Chennai. A total of four buses ferried 83 passengers. Another 55 passengers were ferried to Mumbai, 40 were taken to Kochi and 21 to Bengaluru. Vishakhapatnam had only one bus carrying 20 passengers.
All of these journeys were covered between 12 to 18 hours, sources said. “There only minor delays due to checking due to lockdown at the checkposts. But unlike our previous journeys, our drivers have reported that that these buses operated smoothly without major delays,” Ghate said.
KTC’s longest trip (40 hours) has been from Goa to Udaipur undertaken last month.
On Saturday night, approximately 250 more seafarers were scheduled for pick up from the airport upon arrival. KTC said that these passengers are Goa-based and would not need interstate travel.