Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has instructed officials to provide ‘zero fare tickets’ to women in the RTC free bus travel scheme to be implemented in the state from August 15. He advised to include details such as where they are travelling from and where they are travelling from, how much money they have saved with the free travel, and the 100 percent government subsidy in the ticket.
He reviewed the free bus travel scheme for women with officials at the Secretariat and said that all women passengers in the state will easily know how much benefit they have received by providing zero fare tickets. He said that software should be prepared in this regard. He directed officials to explore other sources of income instead of burdening the RTC due to this scheme.
The CM discussed the issues of how much financial burden has been imposed on which states with the free bus travel scheme for women and how much it will cost our state. CM Chandrababu Naidu advised officials to put the organization on the path of profit by reducing operational costs. It was clarified that action should be taken on profit-making policies and methods.
Chandrababu made it clear that only AC electronic buses should be purchased in the state from now on. He believed that converting the existing ones into electrical buses would reduce the operating cost. He said that the electricity required for this should be generated on its own. He directed the officials to study the issue of setting up charging stations in all RTC depots in the state.
RTC is preparing to effectively implement the free travel scheme for women. In view of the government’s decision to implement the free travel scheme for women on August 15 as part of the coalition government’s election promise, the APS RTC Governing Council met recently under the chairmanship of the company’s chairman Konakalla Narayana to discuss the steps to be taken to implement it.
RTC MD Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, RTC zonal chairman, EDs, and other high-ranking officials of the central and state governments who are board members participated in the meeting held at the RTC central office in Vijayawada.
