Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said his government proposes to make metro and bus travel free for women in the natioꦅnal capital. The proposal will be im🐠plemented within 2-3 months, he said.
The move comes ahead of the assembly 🌳elections scheduled early next year.
"Women will be given free rides in DTC, cluster buses and the Delhi Metro. The government will bear their travel expenses," Kejriw🅘al said at a press conference.
For the remaining ꦐpart of this financial year, the cost of this comes to Rs 700-800 crore, ꧙he said.
Kejriwal 𓄧said he has asked officials to study the proposal. The government has also sought feedbacওk from the public.
Officers have been given a week to prepa😼re a detailed report after which a proposal wil🅰l be brought in the cabinet, he said.
The step wil✱l 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 cam🗹eras across the city.
"A survey for 70,000 CCTVs has been completed and the💛se 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 i꧑n g🐽overnment-run schools by November, Kejriwal added.
At ꦅa public meeting on Saturday, the chief minister had said his governmentꦆ was considering to make metro and bus travels free for women in Delhi "to encourage them to use public transport".
Kejriwal had also sa🌱id his government is in touch wi🌊th city's power regulator to bring down fixed charge component of electricity bill.
PTI
