Governor Gehlot also highlighted the success of the Shakti Yojane, eliciting a positive response from passengers. The state prioritised enhancing the bus services of road transport corporations, with 1,148 new buses introduced in the past eight months.
The minister was speaking at an event organised to launch the ‘Sasya Shyamala’ programme to plant 50 lakh saplings in and around schools that was announced in the recent state budget. He inaugurated the plan by planting saplings on the premises of Halekote Government High School near Chamarajpet, Bengaluru.