No stickers on buses about new scheme
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Women enquiring about the free travel scheme in city buses at Gandhipuram Town Bus Terminus on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS
On the first day of the rollout of the scheme for women to travel free of cost in ordinary city buses on Saturday, the Coimbatore Division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) did not paste the stickers announcing the new scheme on the buses, causing confusion among women passengers.
“Many women were unaware that the scheme was starting (on Saturday),” said G.S. Lalitha, secretary of the women’s wing of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK).
Coimbatore: Close on the heels of the state government’s announcement on the complete lockdown from Monday, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has started operating special buses to provide uninterrupted and comfortable service to the people travelling to other cities.
About 150 special buses were operated from the Coimbatore region, which comprises Tirupur, Erode, Nilgirs and Coimbatore districts, on Saturday. Of them 50 vehicles were operated from Coimbatore alone. Moderate crowd was seen at the bus stands, including the ones at Singanallur and Gandhipuram, since the morning.
A TNSTC official said, “Buses will be operated without any restrictions till Monday 4am. As we are expecting a rise in the number of passengers travelling to other districts, we have increased the number of mofussil buses from the city by 50.” While 1,015 buses are being operated in the district, 675 of them are town buses.
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The busy Cross Cut Road in Coimbatore city wears a deserted look on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M
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