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The condition of the the mother and baby girl is said to be stable; Sajjanar lauds woman conductor on behalf of the management for her timely response

The bus, belonging to Nirmal depot, was carrying around 150-170 people, mostly women against its seating capacity of 55 passengers

RTC officials said special deluxe buses are being operated from MGBS to Nagarjuna Sagar.

Bus driver B Venkanna was felicitated by TGSRTC Managing Director VC Sajjanar for acting swiftly and saving the life of a passenger who suffered an epileptic bout while travelling on the bus on Monday.

Officials said they would operate 39 buses on the Karimnagar-JBS route, nine on Karimnagar-Godavarikhani route, four on Karimnagar-Manthani route, six on the Karimnagar-Kamareddy route, six in Karimnagar-Jagtial and six in Karimnagar-Sircilla routes.

Besides different parts of the State, Rakhis will be transported to neighbouring states such as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and others.

TGSRTC officials said these buses will start from MGBS, JBS, BHEL and other places from the city, with an average frequency of half-an-hour between buses.

In a tragic incident, Hajira Begum (40), a resident of Chandrayangutta in old city, and her two sons Abdul Rahim (11) were killed in a head on collision between their scooter and a TSRTC bus at Nandigama in Shadnagar on Sunday afternoon. While younger son Abdul Rahman (9) escaped with injuries.

RTC is planning to introduce a Semi-Deluxe category buses between these two categories. The ticket price will be 5 to 6 per cent higher than Express buses and 4 per cent lower than the Deluxe bus.

Nodal officers are to be appointed to discuss with the IT firms and gather information on buses needed and the routes. RTC officials intend to collect a monthly rent depending on the distance the buses are run by the IT firms.

Following allegations of misbehaviour against a bus conductor by a woman passenger, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has ordered a comprehensive enquiry into the incident.

Enthused by the success for its earlier package tours for Arunachalam 'Giri Pradakshina', the TGSRTC has decided to organise a similar tour this time as well between July 19 and 22.

In several areas bus users, particularly women and students face hardships in accessing public transport with RTC buses mostly not halting at designated stops.

These buses which will begin services from July 15 will be operated with a frequency of 13 minutes and reach Mehdipatnam enroute Secunderabad, Punjagutta, Banjara Hills Road No.7 and Masab Tank for the convenience of the passengers.

The woman was shifted to the nearby Government Maternity Hospital for better treatment. Currently, the mother and child are healthy

RTC officials said based on the outcome of the survey, appropriate decisions will be taken on improving the current routes, increasing frequency of services and issues like better accessibility will be addressed.

Abusing and assaulting employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) who are on duty could attract more stringent punishment under the new criminal laws, says VC Sajjanar.

Passengers express displeasure over allowing more passengers than capacity, causing inconvenience to them

This concession is applicable from Hyderabad up to Bengaluru and vice-versa. There are already 26 daily services currently being operated on the route.

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