Free ride for women in UP roadways buses for Raksha Bandhan

AGRA: On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has announced free travel for girls and women in all its buses from midnight of August 2 to midnight of August 3. The festival will be celebrated today. As part of the Covid-19 protocol, wearing a face mask will be mandatory throughout the journey.The free bus travel scheme was announced by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
The corporation will also be running extra buses from 11 cities -- Delhi, Meerut, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Agra -- during the festival.
Talking with TOI, UPSRTC service manager (Agra region) SP Singh said, “All women passengers who board the roadways buses during this period will get a free ride. The scheme will be implemented in all categories of buses -- AC, Volvo, Shatabdi, Janrath and ordinary buses.”
UPSRTC's Saharanpur region manager MK Trivedi said, “Following the state government orders, the buses will be operated at full seating capacity. Passengers will not be allowed to travel standing in the bus. Besides, arrangements have been made for sanitization of passengers. Use of face masks is mandatory for travelling in UPSRTC buses.”
Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, UPSRTC ferried a record 10 lakh passengers, earning more than Rs 10 crore on July 31, said officials. This is the first time that UPSRTC has achieved the target during commercial operations after Unlock 1.