Mysore/Mysuru: It is women’s show all over at KSRTC bus stands in the city after the launch of ‘Shakti’ free bus travel scheme for women in the State-owned buses on June 11. If taken into count, the women commuters outnumber men, giving an impression that men have vanished into thin air amid the growing number of women crowding around the buses.
It is indeed a complete reverse of the pathetic situation that erupted after COVID-19 pandemic struck the country. The people had almost stopped to board buses for the fear of catching the infection. Now, no sooner the scheme was launched, the bus stands are seeing a huge rush of women travellers, who have been preferring the public transport for the journey, making use of the facility.
Barring a few men, there were majority of women passengers in KSRTC City and Sub-urban Bus Stands. The women were seen travelling in groups along with school and college students.
However, women were not seen in Volvo buses, as the free travel benefit under Shakti is not available in luxury buses including Volvo. The luxury buses with empty seats explain how women have been turning away from these buses towards regular buses.
With such success , women will never vote parties other than the Congress.
A brilliant statregy by the Congress -the state Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka and Sonia to drive the BJP power out of South India.
They should strive to sink many BJP MPs from Karnataka.
I think private bus operators and auto rickshaw owners are suffering. May be private bus operators should reduce the fares for men so that no man wants to ride a government bus. It may a more loss for them in the short run but in the long run with exclusively women in all the government busses a lot more women will start traveling.
Also women from all neighboring states prefer to visit karnataka as all they need is a ticket up to a karnataka border
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