Free travel for 60-plus women in UP buses

LUCKNOW: Women above 60 years will get to travel for free in UPSRTC buses soon.
To ensure transparency, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation will issue cards to the eligible women. The card will have the personal details of women passengers.
“We are working on the project. The card will help the corporation maintain a record of the number of women using the facility and other details,” said GM (IT), UPSRTC, Yazuvendra Kumar.The scheme will come into effect once the govt order (GO) on it is issued, said sources, adding that this will be done soon.
UPSRTC had done a survey between March 2022 and March 2023 and found that over 3.7 lakh women passengers travelled in its buses daily, This was more than 30% of the total passengers boarding UPSRTC buses daily. At least 88,000 of the women passengers covered in the survey were above 60 years, which was 7% of passengers travelling in these buses daily.
State govt has been providing free travel facility to all women in UPSRTC buses on Rakshabandhan since 2017. Over one crore women have availed the facility between 2017 and 2023.