TMT increases bus services for healthcare workers

The Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) has increased its bus services considering the increase in healthcare workers travelling to work. With as the number of Covid

The Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) has increased its bus services considering the increase in healthcare workers travelling to work. With as the number of Covid patients in Thane is rapidly increasing, more health workers have been called in to assist in hospitals.

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“After lockdown began, 35 TMT buses were plying on different routes, ferrying 3,000 commuters daily. The passengers are mostly employees from the health sector. The TMC is now running 98 bus services daily,” said a senior official from TMT, Thane.

TMT has been ferrying employees and workers of essential and emergency services without charging fare since the lockdown began.

“We run 50 buses in the morning and 48 in the evening after daily commuters travelling by TMT buses have increased from 3,000 to to 6,000,” he said.

The number of TMT staff, including drivers and conductors, called in to work has increased from 70 to 200 a day.

The TMT buses are plying from Thane to Badlapur, Ambernath, Palghar, Panvel, Kalyan-Dombivli, Shahpur, Karjat, Borivali, Dadar and Navi Mumbai, added the official.