Summary:
Thanks to the inability of the Railways and AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), which failed to cater to the demand from passengers during Sankranti festival, private buses made a fast buck throwing all norms to the wind. Shilpa Patnaik of Vizag, working as a software engineer in Hyderabad, had booked a ticket by a private bus 15 days before the festival, paying Rs. But the security personnel at the airport do not even recognise the SMS for checking into the airport, Mr Eswar added. The private operator picked up the Vizag-bound passengers in their Chennai – Bibinagar bus, as he had permission to operate till there. “The security personnel refused entry and insisted on a hard copy or e-mail..