COVID caution gone with the wind?
The Hindu
Passengers show utter neglect on buses and in crowded bus stations, say staff
KURNOOL / ANANTAPUR
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is fast spreading and the number of positive cases has jumped from a mere 10,000 all over India last weekend to 1.10 lakh on Thursday, but there seems to be no special focus on COVID-19-appropriate behaviour on the APSRTC buses or in the bus stations here.
Occupancy on RTC buses has been on an average around 70% in Anantapur district with the RTC buses making 4,460 trips a day carrying 2.91 lakh people within and outside the State. “We have not been instructed to keep the occupancy at 50% on all 864 services as the government has allowed 100% after the second wave,” say Kurnool and Anantapur regional managers T. Venkataramam and Sumanth R. Adoni.