Athi Varadar festival: STCs rake in ₹9.8 crore as revenue
25/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Athi Varadar festival, which was held at the Deverajaswamy temple in Kancheepuram between July 1 and August 17, fetched four State Transport Corporations (STC) a revenue of around ₹9.8 crore.
Of the total amount, the STC, headquartered at Villupuram, netted ₹6.08 crore. It ran 689 special buses, 70 town buses and 80 mini buses, totalling 839 buses during the festival.
The other three STCs, whose headquarters are in Salem, Kumbakonam and Madurai, operated vehicles, earning ₹3.71 crore, a senior official of the Transport Department said.
The festival, which drew around 1.17 crore devotees, made the temple richer by ₹11.5 crore.
25/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Athi Varadar festival, which was held at the Deverajaswamy temple in Kancheepuram between July 1 and August 17, fetched four State Transport Corporations (STC) a revenue of around ₹9.8 crore.
Of the total amount, the STC, headquartered at Villupuram, netted ₹6.08 crore. It ran 689 special buses, 70 town buses and 80 mini buses, totalling 839 buses during the festival.
The other three STCs, whose headquarters are in Salem, Kumbakonam and Madurai, operated vehicles, earning ₹3.71 crore, a senior official of the Transport Department said.
The festival, which drew around 1.17 crore devotees, made the temple richer by ₹11.5 crore.
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