Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Delhi Assembly has approved a fund of 150 crores for enabling free DTC rides for women in NCR region.
New Delhi: Women in Delhi will get free rides in DTC buses from Today onwards as the AAP government is geared up to fulfill its promise months prior to the assembly

polls in the national capital.

As per the setup, conductors will distribute pink tickets having face price of Rs 10 each to women passengers for free-travel. The government will then reimburse the transporters based on the number of such tickets issued.

There are around 3,700 DTC buses and 1,800 buses under the cluster scheme of the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS).

Tweeting the notification of implementing the free-ride scheme, transport minister Kailash Gahlot said, “Historic day for Delhi !!! Females will travel free in all Buses from 29.10.19. Notification has been issued. Delhi Govt under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Cm @ArvindKejriwal stands committed to ensure the safety and security of Female passengers in Buses.

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The facility will also be out there in Noida-NCR service, airfield, and different special services operated by the DTC and cluster theme operators.

During his Independence Day speech, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said free-ride for women in both DTC and cluster buses will be started from October 29, which is ‘Bhai Dooj’.

On August 29, the Delhi cabinet had given in-principle approval to the scheme of providing free bus rides to women but put a barrier on female employees of the city
government that they need to relinquish up their transport allowance to avail the ability.
According to the govt, women staff of the urban center government, native bodies and undertakings won’t be entitled to transport allowance if they opt for free ride in urban center Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses.
The city Assembly has additionally approved a grant of Rs 150 crore for implementation of the scheme in the metro.

Both DTC and DIMTS will strengthen their ticket checking mechanisms to prevent “misuse” and “pilferage” of single journey passes, officials said.

The scheme, however, has come back underneath criticism from the opposition BJP, they have aforementioned it was a “desperate bid to buy votes”.

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