On road to recovery

People have started travelling as RTC has resumed 70% services in Prakasam

Public transport has resumed across Prakasam district as people adapted themselves to the new normal in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic altering their way of life. “How long can we stay back at home without any meaningful economic activity?” asks 55-year-old Narasamma, a vegetable vendor, before boarding a Palle Velugu bus to her native Ethamukalla at the bus station here. She has sold away the veggies brought from her village at the new vegetable market here. “We have been desperately waiting for the unlock to happen completely,” says Vimala, a construction worker from Podili after getting down from a bus. The RTC bus station here is bustling with activity as services from all the eight depots in the district have been restored following a steep fall in coronavirus cases.