APSRTC launches 'campaign week'

By Our Staff Reporter

NIZAMABAD, JULY 10. The pilgrims travelling to Tirupati for darshan of Lord Vekateswara by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses can now avail themselves of a new facility of buying the Tirupati-Tirumala link ticket in the bus in which they travel.

This offer comes on the eve of the `Campaign Week' launched by the corporation to attract more passengers to travel by its buses, according to the Deputy Chief Traffic Manager, Nizamabad region, Mr. Vijay Kumar. The new facility would enable the pilgrims travelling to the Tirupati to buy ticket upto Tirumala from the boarding point itself instead of getting down at Tirupati and then buying separate tickets. The pilgrims are now assured of direct link by way of ticket from their destination.

He elaborated the significance of the maiden `Campaign week,' launched today all over the State. He said the corporation had designed its services according to the changing needs of the passengers and schemes like `Travel Regularly' and `Earn an Additional Trip Scheme' (TREATS) for frequent travellers on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada route was a success. The Jubilee Express tickets (JET) for providing flexibility of travel from any place to anywhere, any number of times during a given period also received good patronage. The Concessional Annual Travel (CAT) cards which provided 10 per cent discount was another scheme which evoked tremendous response. The monthly season tickets enabling passengers to travel for 30 days by paying only 20 days fare would benefit the passengers, he added.

The idea behind the campaign is to popularise the existing schemes and services offered by the corporation, he said. People should utilise services like reservation of seats on the telephone and door delivery of tickets, booking of return journey tickets, relaxation of ticket cancellation and refund rules, free travel in city services on the strength of advance reservation ticket. Many of these services were not known to people and the intention was to make them aware of the facilities.

As part of the campaign, at all the bus stations a special `Campaign desk' would be organised displaying placards highlighting the marketing schemes and passenger-friendly measures. A special drive would also be launched motivating the operating crew/staff and supervisors, duly assigning targets to enroll new members under the TREATS, CAT card schemes and promote sale of JET tickets. Efforts were also being made to deliver the laminated CAT card to the passengers enrolled on the spot at the bus stations in the regional headquarters and the following day in the case of other areas.

Mr. Vijay Kumar said that for the benefit of the people of Nizamabad district, five authorised ticket booking agents had been appointed. Of them, two each were in Nizamabad and Bodhan while one was at Kamareddy. The people of the district could reserve their ticket either by the telephone or personally contacting the authorised agents. The agents are: Nizamabad - Mr. C. H. Bosu Babu, Manasa restaurant (phone 36611) and Mr. Ch. Ramakrishna (34550); Bodhan - Mr. Suresh Babu (70694) and ANL parcel service (75359); Kamareddy - ANL parcel service (24181).

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