APSRTC suffered Rs 2,603 cr revenue loss due to COVID
Updated Dec 31, 2020, 4:01 am IST
The corporation has supplied 52 Sanjeevini AC buses to assist the government in collecting swab samples from the people
As many as 5,586 APSRTC employees were affected by Covid-19 and 91 employees succumbed to the virus. (PTI file)
VIJAYAWADA: APSRTC has turned the worst sufferer of the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown as the corporation has incurred a loss of Rs 2,603 crore in revenue due to the shutting down of bus services. Further, as many as 5,586 employees were affected by Covid-19 and 91 employees succumbed to the virus.
Addressing a press meet here on Wednesday, APSRTC managing director and vice-chairman M.T. Krishna Babu said that during the lockdown period, they had transported 3,07,058 migrant labourers by arranging 11,802 buses. He said that buses were also provided for transporting primary contacts for testing in quarantine centres and Covid positive persons to CCCs and Co