Nearly 5.96 lakh persons from Mumbai, Thane and Palghar travelled by MRSTC buses during the Ganesh festival this year, generating a revenue of Rs 23.77 crore for the state transport body, Maharashtra minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Thursday.

To meet the festive demand, 5,000 additional buses were deployed by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) between August 23 and September 8, completing 15,388 trips across the Konkan region.