Delhi Government’s Free Bus Ride for Women Brings Smiles

New Delhi: Visibly surprised and delighted, the women who boarded Delhi Transport Corporation buses on Tuesday realized that henceforth bus rides have been made free for them by the Delhi government. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government launched the free bus rides in DTC and Cluster Scheme buses from Tuesday on the occasion of Bhai Dooj.

“It was a great feeling when I was told this morning that I will not have to purchase any bus ticket henceforth. It has been made free for women by the Delhi government,” said Radha, who travels more than 15 km daily from her home in Sangam Vihar. “This is a big saving for me. I would be spending Rs 50 daily on bus travel, and this amount saved means a lot to me,” Radha, who works as a domestic help in South Delhi, told IANS.

Onboarding the bus in the morning, Radha was issued a pink coloured paper token by the bus conductor and told that she need not pay any money. This was the case with all women who boarded DTC and cluster buses on Tuesday. Many women were decked up in finery to visit their brothers to celebrate Bhai Dooj, and the free bus ride for them and their daughters and other female family members came as a blessing. (IANS)

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