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Tamil Nadu Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has said that 16,768 special buses will be operated in and Chennai round the clock during Pongal week.
These buses will operate to the five termini from where the outstation buses will depart from the city.
The MTC would be operating 116 services from all important routes to the Koyambedu bus terminus followed by 114 services to MEPZ, 57 services to Poonamallee, 16 services to Madhavaram, and 7 buses to KK Nagar, according to a release.
It may be noted that about 31,500 buses are to be operated throughout the State to cater to the Pongal festival rush. Special buses have started plying from the city from today.
Similarly, around 6,468 buses will be operated from other districts in view of Pongal from January 11 to 13.
From Madhavaram, buses would be operated to Uthukottai, Ponneri and Gumidipoondi via Red Hills, and buses for Puducherry via East Coast Road would start from K K Nagar bus terminus. The Tambaram MEPZ bus terminus would have buses bound towards Tindivanam, Tiruvannmalai, Vikravandi, Panruti, and Kumbakonam, and Poonamallee bus terminus would host buses towards Kancheepuram, Vellore, Arani, Arcot, Tirupathur, and Dharmapuri. The Koyambedu bus terminus would be operating buses to Nagapattinam, Velankanni, Tiruchi, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Salem, and Coimbatore.
