Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said his government proposes to make metro and🅰 bus travel free for women in the national capital. The proposal will be implemented within 2-3 months, h🍸e said.
The move comes ahead of the assembly elections scheduled early ne🐟xt year.
"Women will be given free rides in DTC, cluster buses and the Delhi Metro. The government will bear their travel expenses," Kejriwal said at a press confer⛄ence.
For the remaining part of this financial year, the cost of this comes to Rs 700-800 croreಞ, he said.
Kejriwal said he has asked officials to study the proposal. Tꩵhe government has also sought feedback from the public.
Officers have been givenꦫ a week to prepare a detailed report after which a prop🍌osal will be brought in the cabinet, he said.
The step will not lead to congestion in the Delhi Metro, as the daily ridership 🐻will increase by just one lakh. Currently, 25 lakh people travel by metro daily, he said.
He also said that his government accords top priority to women safety and🐠 has passed a tender to install 1.50 lakh CCTV cameras across the city.
"A survey for 70,000 CCTVs has been completed and th⛎ese will be installed by December. A proposal for another 1.40 lakh ♑cameras in under consideration," he said.
As many as 1.50 lakh CCTV cameras will be installed in government-run s🐲chools by Novem♐ber, Kejriwal added.
At a public meeting on Saturday, the chief minister had said his government was considering to make metr💜o and bus travels𝄹 free for women in Delhi "to encourage them to use public transport".
K⭕ejriwal had also said his government is in touch with ci🌺ty's power regulator to bring down fixed charge component of electricity bill.
PTI
