A Road Transport Corporation statement said that from midnight on June 12 to 12 pm the next day, 41.34 lakh women travelled in government buses across Karnataka, availing the Shakti scheme.
On the third day of the scheme, rolled out on Sunday, 20.57 lakh took a free ride in Bengaluru city buses, which cost the government Rs 2.02 crore, according to official figures
In just three days since the launch of Shakti scheme a key pre-election promise of the Congress in the state, 98,58,518 women travelled free in state buses which has cost the state exchequer Rs 21.06 crore.
As the Congress government in Karnataka implemented free bus rides for women and transgender people across the state on Sunday, a 70-year-old woman’s viral image caught the attention of CM Siddaramaiah.