Sajjanar concerned over women occupying seats meant for disabled in buses

HYDERABAD: TSRTC MD VC Sajjanar on Sunday expressed concern over women occupying the seats meant for physically challenged persons in the bus under the guise of free bus facility to the women.

Stating that the free bus scheme under name Mahalakshmi scheme for women brought by the government was a historic decision in the TSRTC, Sajjanar said while the scheme had become a boon for women, it had become a bane to the men and to the physically challenged whose seats were being occupied mostly by women.

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Sajjanar said that the corporation would take steps to consider and decide to arrange special buses for the physically challenged passengers.

Meanwhile, the TSRTC MD announced the statistics of the scheme, where he stated that 12 crore women had travelled by bus for free in the last 45 days.