Reduce costs and increase income, Visakhapatnam District Public Transportation Officer tells RTC officials
The DPTO held a review meeting with the officials and supervisors from the district, here on Tuesday.
Mr. Appalanaidu also directed the officials and supervisors to take extra care to ensure that the buses were in proper condition during the forthcoming 'Giri pradakshina' at Simhachalam on July 9 in which thousands of devotees were expected to participate. He said that 'point duties' were assigned to the staff to prevent any inconvenience to devotees and for traffic regulation during the 'Giri pradakshina' festival.
Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer K. Rajasekhar, Deputy Chief Traffic Manager K. Padmavathi, Depot Managers, Assistant Traffic Manager, Personnel Officer, Accounts Officer, Traffic and Mechanical Supervisors participated in the meeting.
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