Lucknow: Elderly women in Uttar Pradesh are going to be given a big gift by the Yogi government soon. In fact, soon women above the age of 60 years will be able to travel free of cost in a UP Roadways bus in UP. Let you all know that according to the Sankalp Patra, senior women will get a chance to travel free of cost in roadways buses. Yes, and it is being said that the BJP in its Sankalp Patra had promised free bus travel in roadways for senior citizen women and now the proposal has been prepared by the government under its promise of Sankalp Patra.
Yes, and in this spell, it is being said that soon women above the age of 60 years will be able to travel free of cost on roadways buses. Let us tell all of you that if we believe in the government, then this scheme will cost about 264 crore rupees annually. In fact, for the time being, the transport corporation has prepared its proposal and sent it to the government. At the same time, there are two states in the country where women are being given the facility of free bus travel. The list includes the capital Delhi and Rajasthan, where women have been given this facility. Now the country's largest state is going to do the same.
It is being said that these buses will be operated in all the cities, although the data of elderly women are being collected from all the depots of the state right now, then the scheme will be launched on the basis of the same. Let us also tell you that a survey of those women was already conducted by the UP State Road Transport Corporation (Roadways). Yes, and through that survey, there was an attempt to find out how many women use these buses, and what facilities are given to them. No date has been announced by the state government for the time being, but it is being said that the scheme will be launched soon.
