Expressing relief and satisfaction over the cooperation that he received from all Government departments, primarily the fire services and police personnel, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) Managing Director, Nanduri Sambasiva Rao said not a single complaint was received from students on Friday. “We are glad we could handle the emergency, considering that an estimated two lakh students took the Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) on Friday. I must appreciate school and college managements who chipped in with their institutions’ buses. Some schools asked us to provide fuel and we gladly did so,” he said.
Mr. Rao said he was grateful to Vijayawada City Police Commissioner A.B. Venkateswara Rao for the initiative he had taken in pooling together a 100-strong fleet of police vehicles of different types and using them as ‘EAMCET Specials’.
He said the Fire Services department had provided 20 drivers all districts to help the RTC run its buses.
Meanwhile, DGP J.V. Ramudu said all police personnel, especially officers had been asked to do everything they could, to help students with transport in any form.
