More buses for Himachal tourists

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Holiday makers heading to popular resort towns of Himachal Pradesh will soon find dozens of more buses to ferry them to the hill state.

"To meet the rising demand of more buses for people from New Delhi, Chandigarh and other major neighbouring towns of Punjab and Haryana we are starting 70 more buses later this month," said Rajiv Gupta, general manager, Himachal Pradesh Roadways Transport Corporation.

"These special buses will connect popular resort towns of Shimla,Manali, Dharamsala and other resorts in the state," he said.

The summer tourist season begins in April and peaks in June before the onset of the monsoon in July in the hill state.

There are only three small airports and two narrow gauge rail tracks in the state. So roads is the major source of travel for holiday-makers and locals.

"HRTC has generated good business in April and by the end of this summer we are hoping to make Rs 8 crore profit," said Gupta.