PUNE: The MSRTC will ply 532 additional buses, as against 1,000 announced earlier, from Pune for three days starting Tuesday on the occasion of Diwali.
“Many visit their homes on the eve of Diwali. This time, number is expected to be a bit less, but we aren’t taking chances and have put in additional buses on different routes in and around Maharashtra. We expect decent rise in number of commuters this festive season,” MSRTC official said.
MSRTC had earlier said an additional 1,000 buses would ply for Diwali between November 11and 14. “There has been a slight change and the buses will run from November 10 to November 13 now,” the official said. MSRTC’s Pune division employees said buses plying to neighbouring states had now increased to 35.