Even as the Telangana health department authorities have sounded a high alert over the surge in Covid-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant, railway and bus stations saw a huge rush of passengers heading home in coastal Andhra Pradesh for Sankranti festivities.
State director of health G Srinivas Rao cautioned the people about the rapid spread of Omicron variant of virus this festive season and asked them to take all precautions during the travel.
Disregarding Covid-19 protocols, tens of thousands people have been flooding state-run Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus stations and railway stations. Besides, hundreds of private buses are packed to their capacity to ferry the passengers to their destinations in coastal Andhra.
