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TNSTC operates 370 special buses to tackle Pongal rush
TRICHY: Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Trichy region has begun operating around 370 special buses from Tuesday night to clear extra rush during Pongal week. Similarly, State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) has also begun operating additional omnibuses for long-distance passengers.
TNSTC sources said that special buses being operated for the past three days has been gradually increased on Tuesday foreseeing the last-minute travellers. Officials said that the 370 special buses including mofussil and city/town services in Trichy, Ariyalur and Perambalur districts falling under the TNSTC Trichy region will be operated till January 20, 2020. TNSTC will be operating at least 120 buses connecting Trichy and Chennai while 35 buses will ply additionally between Trichy and Madurai cities.
“Wherever there is major demand, we utilize the spare fleets to connect the particular destination,” an official source with TNSTC said. Since there is a significant demand between Trichy and Ariyalur districts including Jayankondam, TNSTC Trichy region has been operating 30 buses exclusively for the Ariyalur district. Coimbatore-Trichy route and Trichy-Thanjavur route has been allotted 15 additional buses each.
Similarly, SETC that usually operates 90 buses from Trichy to Chennai, Pamba, Tirupati and Bengaluru locations have increased the number of buses to 102 as on Tuesday evening to manage the holiday rush.
“As we have opened two temporary bus shelters near Williams Road and Mannarpuram, 20 city buses on circular routes have been deployed to connect these temporary bus shelters with Central bus stand,” the official added. Adequate crew members were put in reserve to operate special buses on requirement, officials added.
Pongal: Business dull for potters in city
Trichy: Earthen pots, an inseparable identity of Pongal festivities, are not much in demand this time, according to potters in Trichy. With only days left for the traditional thanksgiving festival of the state, potters said the business is dull even though the price of pots has not increased that much.
As people prefer cooking the signature dishes, Ven Pongal (plain Pongal) and Sakkarai Pongal (Sweetened Pongal), of the Pongal festival in clay pots in a traditional style, usually the sales of clay pots used to pick up during the season. Apart from the permanent shops, temporary stalls would often crop up near Melachinthamani and Gandhi market localities for Pongal festival. However, the sales of clay pots have not gained steam this year. “This year’s Pongal festival is dull. Despite the copious flow of water in the Cauvery, the sales of pots have not been picked up so far,” A Rukmini, a pot seller from Melachinthamani, said. The potters have exclusively designed Pongal pots weighing from 1 kg to 3 kg. The price of a one-kg Pongal pot is Rs 120. They said that city dwellers did not arrive as expected to purchase clay pots.
It seems that college managements and private event organisers in the city who have been hosting community Pongal festival in a traditional manner have come to the rescue of the potters to an extent. “College students purchased pots in bulk quantity,” Rukmini added. The potters, however, hoped that the sales would pick up ahead of the Kaanum Pongal (January 17) as traditional games including Uriyadi (pot breaking) contest will be organized during the time.
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