At 2,300 km in single direction and 4,600 km in return, a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus from Satara bus depot has become the first public transport bus in the state to travel such a long distance, all the way to Nadia in West Bengal along the Bangladesh border to drop 24 migrants from the district.

MSRTC officials said that the bus departed on May 15 at around 7 pm and has been carrying 24 migrant labourers stuck in the district to their hometown. After its success, another bus set out for West Bengal last night.