<span style="color: #222222;">The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will operate all the buses with 100 percent passenger capacity instead of the present 50 per cent from tomorrow. Currently MSRTC buses are being run at half the passenger capacity in view of the coronavirus pandemic.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Shekhar Channe, vice chairman and managing director of the corporation informed that the state government has allowed MSRTC to run the buses with 100 per cent passenger-carrying capacity instead of 50 per cent. He said passengers will have to follow COVID-19 protocol such as wearing masks and using sanitizers.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">MSRTC is operating 5,000 buses at present, servicing over 5.5 lakh passengers every day. With a fleet of over 18,000 buses, MSRTC is one of the biggest state road transport corporations in the county.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile prohibitory orders restricting movement of people have been extended in Mumbai till September 30 in view of rising coronavirus cases. An official today said that the restrictions under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are in place since lockdown began. He said they were extended as per the August 31 guidelines about easing of lockdown of the Maharashtra government, and no new restrictions have been imposed.</span><br />'' <br />''