Chennai: In a major move to ensure hassle-free Diwali travel, Transport and Electricity Minister S.S. Sivasankar announced that the state’s transport corporations will run 20,378 buses across Tamil Nadu between October 16 and 19 to clear the outbound festive rush.

The plan includes 14,268 services from Chennai alone, making it one of the largest festival transport operations in recent years.

Chairing a review meeting at the Secretariat, Sivasankar said the Transport Department has also written to Southern Railway, requesting additional special train services to complement the expanded bus operations.

“Around 5,900 special buses will depart from Chennai in addition to 2,092 regular services each day from October 16 to 19. Another 6,110 special services will operate from other districts,

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