Govt Paying Rs. 350 Cr A Month To TSRTC For Free Travel Scheme: Ponnam Prabhakar
Hyderabad, March 8 (Maxim News) Minister for BC Welfare and Transport Pnnam Prabhakar has said the state government is paying Rs. 350 crore per month to TSRTC towards women’s free travel expenses.
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He told reporters after laying a foundation for a new TSRTC bus station in Husnabad town with an outlay of Rs. 350 crores on Friday, that the occupancy in TSRTC buses has increased to 100 percent which used to vary between 40 percent to 60 percent before the free travel scheme for women launched. he said that over 26 crore women have availed of free travel schemes so far in the state.
The Minister said that the government decided to build new bus stations besides increasing the strength of the fleet by buying new buses for the benefit of the increasing number of passengers across the State. The minister said that over 25,000 passengers were traveling from Husnabad bus station every day which prompted them to build a new bus station.
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Assuring to resolve all the pending issues of TSRTC employees, Prabhakar has said that the government would release the bond payments to employees before the Lok Sabha election code came into force. He said that the government would issue a GO after holding a meeting with TSRTC MD VC Sajjanar and Chief Secretary Santha Kumari, TSRTC ED, C.vinod Kumar, Regional Manager Sucharitha, TSRTC Chief Engineer Bhupathi Reddy, Depot Manager Venkateshwarlu and others were present. (Maxim News)
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