APTDC-KSRTC ink MoU to offer svcs to pilgrims coming to

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) and the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) have signed a MoU to provide facilities to passengers arriving from Bengaluru to Tirupati and Tirumala.

The MoU was signed here yesterday in the presence of S R Umashankar, MD, KSRTC and Himanshu Shukla, MD, APTDC, said a release issued here today.

As per the MoU, APTDC will provide short duration accommodation at Tirupati for the pilgrims coming from Bengaluru on KSRTC buses, provide breakfast or lunch, arrange for transport from Tirupati to Tirumala and back and for tickets for darshan at Balaji temple.

Initially, these services will be available for passengers arriving from Bengaluru and later it will be extended to the pilgrims coming from other districts of Karnataka by KSRTC buses.

This MoU will fetch about Rs 1 lakh revenue per day for APTDC, it added.

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