Women and transgender people can travel for free in only 11 of 320 buses in Nilgiris
The Hindu
A Coonoor-based activist said the number of government buses operating within the towns of Udhagamandalam, Coonoor and Kotagiri had been reduced by the TNSTC in the last few years, while 110 private mini buses have been given permission to operate within town limits
Women and transgender persons can only travel for free in 11 of the 320 Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses operating in the Nilgiris district. Officials from the TNSTC in the Nilgiris said that the scheme, announced by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, was implementable in only six designated town buses in Udhagamandalam and five buses in Coonoor, and for none of the buses in Gudalur and Pandalur taluks. The remaining 309 buses have been designated as mofussil buses, officials said.More Related News