Special teams to study crowd management, linking trains, bus services for Pushkarams

East Godavari Superintendent of Police (SP) D. Narasimha Kishore on Wednesday said that joint teams would be constituted to study crowd management at railway stations, bus stations and national highways during the Godavari Pushkarams-2027. The joint teams consist of officials from Endowment, Revenue, RTC, Railways and Roads and Buildings Departments.

In a review meeting attended by authorities from the Railways, APSRTC, and National Highway in Rajamahendravaram on Wednesday, Mr. Kishore highlighted the need for plying trains connecting Rajamahendravaram with Kovvuru and Bhimavaram and alignment of bus routes and schedules with the special trains.

Special control rooms would also be set up at Godavari and Rajamahendravaram railway stations, coordinating with the APSRTC for clearing the crowd arriving at the railway stations.

The officials also proposed to set up temporary fuel stations on the outskirts of the Rajamahendravaram city and SMS alerts to autorickshaws on the alerts about traffic status in the city. The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is likely to submit its report on the crowd management.