Festive pot for Telangana State Road Transport Corporation, earns Rs 14.8 crore in one day

HYDERABAD: The current festive season turned out to be a windfall for Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), which reached a record single-day earning of Rs 14.79 crore on Monday. This is the highest single-day earning since the pandemic hit bus operations early last year.
“The average earning before the festive season was Rs 9.71 crore, which increased to Rs 10.71 crore due to Dussehra. On October 18, TSRTC realised the highest revenue of Rs 14.79 crore and has transported 34.47 lakh passengers as against an average of 25 lakh passengers per day,” TSRTC said in an official statement released here.
During the last 10 days of the festive season alone, TSRTC buses had transported 2.80 crore passengers and reached an average occupancy of 63%. Meanwhile, TSRTC has launched a new pilot project to accept payments via UPI and QR code at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) and Rathifile Bus Station, Secunderabad. The project will be extended to the entire state after testing of the pilot.