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 Covid hospitals as per the requisition given by the district administration.
Krishna Babu said that during the Covid period, the services of conductors and drivers were utilised by police, revenue, medical and health departments in their efforts to contain the spread of the virus. He said that they had suffered a…