Shakti Scheme is a Nonprofit service...

S Venkateshwari
Shakti Scheme is a Nonprofit service...


Ramalinga reddy, the transport minister for Karnataka, is encouraged by the reaction to the shakti Scheme, the centrepiece initiative of the Siddaramaiah-led congress administration. The programme gives women more authority by allowing them to travel for free on government-run buses throughout the state (6,308 city, 5,958 regular, and 6,343 express buses). The state exchequer is expected to pay the scheme's yearly cost of 4,050 crore rupees. But Ramalinga reddy is unconcerned. In contrast to commercial players, the government's public transit system is a service that is not motivated by profit, he claimed.

Ramalinga reddy discusses the accident-prone Bengaluru-Mysuru Motorway, the shakti Scheme, one of the five promises the congress made to implement it once elected, and other topics in an interview with South First. 

How has the shakti Scheme been welcomed? 

Our election platform included the Shakthi Scheme, which offered free transport to all women in Karnataka. We launched it on june 11. By june 29, more than nine crore beneficiaries had used this programme. It's a really smart idea. women attend Dharmashthala as well as other temples like Chamundeshwari in Mysuru, Kukke Subramanya, and tourism attractions. Although the buses are currently a little full, everything is good. More than 20 lakh ladies have travelled outside of Mangaluru to take advantage of this service.





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