NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, JULY 13
Days after suspending Surat-Ahmedabad bus service to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) on Monday decided to suspend bus services from Ahmedabad to Bharuch and Vadodara.
The GSRTC had, on Saturday, stopped its services between Ahmedabad and Surat, which has turned now into the new hotspot for corona. All the buses coming from south Gujarat to other parts of the state were also not allowed entry in Ahmedabad city and ordered to bypass the city.
The Gujarat government, following the Unlock-1 phase, had decided to resume bus services in the state, after a 2 months lockdown period. But as the health authorities achieved success in containing the virus spread in Ahmedabad, the situation deteriorated in other major cities like Surat, Vadodara, Valsad, and Bharuch.
For a week, around 250 to 300 positive cases are being detected daily in Surat. Similarly, around 75 cases are registered in Vadodara daily. Apart from that, cities like Valsad, Bharuch, and Tapi have also been registering a high number of cases in the past couple of days.
