Free Ride For Women In Government-Run Buses In Punjab

Women can avail this scheme in government-owned buses, including Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways Buses (PUNBUS) and city bus services operated by the Local Bodies Department.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday launched a free travel facility for women in government-run buses within the state and said this fulfils another promise made by his party in its poll manifesto. Reacting to it, the main opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the state government of the bid to "copy" the scheme run by it in Delhi and termed the initiative as "hollow". The party said the scheme has been restricted to government-run buses while private ones that run on maximum routes have been kept out of its ambit. The Punjab Cabinet had on Wednesday given its approval to the scheme.