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more-inHike in diesel price has put an additional burden on the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), but the public transport giant does not intend to pass on the burden to its customers. “The APSRTC operates nearly 11,756 buses catering to the transport needs of 65 lakh people. “Despite the burden, we don’t intend to increase bus fares immediately,” said corporation’s Managing Director Surendra Babu at a press conference here on Friday. Doing away with what he called ‘punishment’ and ‘chargesheet’ culture, Mr.
Babu said in April, nearly 3,400 staff members were served chargesheets. We continue operations in some of the remote routes in rural areas despite losses in public interest,” he said..