The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has allotted 5,458 buses to the District Election Officers for shifting the election staff and equipment to the polling centres in view of the General and Assembly elections in the State on Monday, May 13.
In a statement on Sunday, the Corporation Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao said these buses comprise 55% of the RTC’s scheduled services.
He said that in addition to this, the Corporation was running additional bus services from the neighbouring States to different destinations across Andhra Pradesh from May 8 to 12. It operated 1,066 additional buses from Hyderabad and 284 additional buses from Bengaluru to the State.