the samaikyandhra agitations have forced many people to cancel their trips to their hometowns and spend dasara away from their families dasara is the time when families get together the celebrations of good winning over evil is usually marked by sons and daughters making a trip to their hometowns eating yummy home food and spending some good family time but the samaikyandhra bandhs has played a dampener this dasara what with trains and buses being cancelled with this festival turning out to be an extended weekend many mnc employees had even applied for extra leaves but theyre all left disappointed forced to spend the holidays away from their familiespvt buses charging a bomb with rtc bus services cancelled the private travels have decided to make the most of the situation and are charging double the normal prices i had planned to go to rajahmundry to spend the dasara with my parents its quite a big affair for us there i was going home after a very long time and i was so excited since saturday sunday and monday were holidays for me anyway i had applied for two extra days leave so i could spend five days with my family since the rtc buses stand cancelled i thought of travelling by private buses but theyre milking the situation to the maximum and are charging a whopping 1500 2500 while it usually costs around 400 500 now not everyone can afford this i guess ill have to stay back here this time my colleague too was supposed to go to eluru but her plans have flopped rues 24yearold mnc employee sita mahalakshmiuncertainty looms large going to the affected areas is not so much of an issue as coming back trinesh bhargava a techie had booked his tickets for visakhapatnam two months in advance but is rethinking his decision of making this trip for the fear of being stuck there i was starting on friday night by train but going to vizag is not so much of an issue as coming back is im still unsure whether ill make the trip it all depends on the situation since i cant be stuck there if it gets even slightly better ill go but if i have to cancel this vacation i will feel terrible about it i spend all my holidays with my family and i hope i dont have to miss out on this one says a worried trinesh stanley james charles an mnc employee too is considering staying back i dont think i want to mar my holidays by being stuck in one place in fact the situation is so bad in vizag that my parents have called and asked me not to come with no electricity my parents are not even able to call me often because their phone batteries are dead im feeling horrible as i was looking forward to spending time with my parents this vacation but now ill have to stay back laments the