More than 10,000 travellers booked tickets in advance to travel by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses between August 13 and 21 for Ganeshotsav. The MSRTC is making it mandatory for all travellers to do a COVID-19 test before embarking on the journey.

Sources said that with such a huge volume of bookings, it was obvious that the state government was concerned about the number of quarantine centres in the districts of Konkan and Raigad, resulting in putting the running of trains on hold.