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CM Launches Stree Shakti Free Travel Scheme
The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem
|August 16, 2025
2.62 cr women in State to benefit from zero-fare travel on 74% of RTC fleet; scheme to cost ₹1,942 cr per annum
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched the Stree Shakti Scheme at Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) in Vijayawada on Friday, fulfilling another poll promise of free bus travel for women.
Earlier, Naidu, along with Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan, HRD Minister Nara Lokesh, BJP State president Madhav, and other leaders, travelled in an RTC bus with women from Undavalli village to Vijayawada city bus station, interacting with them along the way, and collecting feedback on government schemes and their impact on their lives.
Addressing the women participating in the launching ceremony, Naidu expressed his happiness at fulfilling one of the TDP-led NDA government's flagship 'Super Six' promises on the occasion of Independence Day.
He claimed that the scheme is aimed at boosting women's economic independence and dignity.
This story is from the August 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem.
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