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Kolkata: The state government will operate 22 percent additional buses on Wednesday and all the vehicles registered within the state will get an insurance up to Rs 6 lakh, if there is any sort of damage. West Bengal Transport Corporation will operate 1,150 buses against 900 buses on a normal day, South Bengal State Transport Corporation will run 826 buses against 692 on a normal day while North Bengal State Transport Corporation will operate 655 buses compared to normal out shedding of 605 buses. "Any vehicle damaged between 00.00 am and 12 midnight of January 8 will be covered under this insurance. The claims of insurance should be submitted at the office of West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited at Kasba," said a senior official of the state Transport department. "It has been decided that no casual leave for absence either in the first half of the day or the second half of the day or the whole day will be granted to any of the employees on that day..