Karnataka govt distributes sweets, sarees to women passengers as Shakti Scheme hits 500 cr mark

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Monday distributed sweets and sarees to women passengers in a bus after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah handed over the symbolic 500th crore ticket to a woman under the Shakti scheme.

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy assured that the scheme will continue in future. “We started this scheme on June 21, 2023. The 500th crore ticket was issued by the CM and the Deputy CM too. We distributed sweets and sarees to the passengers too today… The scheme will continue 100 per cent…” Reddy said.

#WATCH | Bengaluru | On the Shakti scheme, Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy says, “We started this scheme on 21 June, 2003. The 500th crore ticket was issued by the CM and the Dy CM too. We distributed sweets and sarees to the passengers too today…” https://t.co/Y4wWhAAgPG pic.twitter.com/8tRcWGWmsJ

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Earlier on Monday, CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar distributed tickets to women passengers on the bus near Windsor Manor Bridge in Bengaluru. On this occasion, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, and several other dignitaries were present.

Five guarantee schemes were announced during the 2023 Assembly election. The Shakti Yojana was launched on June 11 as per the decision taken in the Cabinet to implement it immediately after the government came into existence on May 20, 2023. The Chief Minister explained that since then, women in the state have been provided free travel facilities in government buses. (ANI)