With Holi just a month away, people have started booking bus tickets in advance. This has led to private bus operators and travel agencies increasing fares. The fare for buses from Bhopal to cities in other states, including Pune, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Nagpur, has almost doubled. Online bus tickets are booking...
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up fast. It is now difficult to find bus tickets for the three days before and four days after Holi (March 25th). The waiting list for trains leaving Bhopal around Holi is also very long. The waiting list for trains going to Delhi, Mumbai, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh has crossed 100. It is very difficult to get confirmed tickets for trains on these routes this month. The situation is even worse for routes to Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Many passengers are returning disappointed from railway reservation centers after failing to get confirmed tickets.