Passengers experienced a tough time due to rush in public transport vehicles like buses on account of the Raksha Bandhan festival here on Sunday.
Even as roadways deployed some extra buses on different routes in view of this festive occasion, travellers had to face harrowing time to catch buses to reach their destinations due additional rush on Sunday.
long queues could be seen in bus stations from early morning. Passengers particularly women accompanied by their children reached the bus stations to go to their respective destinations.
Yet they had to wait for long due to heavy rush. Buses to Nainital, Almora, Rudrapur, Kaladhungi to name a few places from Haldwani bus stations were found most crowded. Apart from the road buses, private passenger vehicles like buses were not less crowded on the occasion of this festive occasion. However, the Rakshbandhan festive went off peacefully in different parts of the region here on Sunday.