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TN mulls free bus ride for women in non-premium services, 28L more to gain
The Morning Standard
|July 06, 2026
THE Tamil Nadu transport department has estimated that around 28 lakh additional women could benefit from the state’s free bus travel scheme each day if it is extended to cover all bus services, barring air-conditioned, non-AC sleeper and premium services.
Official sources from the transport department said the state is studying the implementation of Karnataka’s Shakti Scheme, which offers free travel for women in around 26,000 buses — the largest such network in the country — excluding premium, AC, luxury and non-AC sleeper services. “If a similar model is adopted in Tamil Nadu, nearly 28 lakh more women are expected to use the scheme. This would increase the total number of beneficiaries who avail free travel in government buses per day from the present 1.31 crore (all concessional commuters combined) to about 1.59 crore,” a transport department official said.
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TN mulls free bus ride for women in non-premium services, 28L more to gain
THE Tamil Nadu transport department has estimated that around 28 lakh additional women could benefit from the state’s free bus travel scheme each day if it is extended to cover all bus services, barring air-conditioned, non-AC sleeper and premium services.
1 mins
July 06, 2026
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