As Karnataka’s Shakti Scheme is seeing huge success and has led to an increased women ridership on buses, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is now considering the reintroduction of ‘Pink buses’ buses in Bengaluru.
Speaking to The Hindu, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that the idea of pink buses was initially given by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar during a recent bus launch event. “Following the successful launch of Shakti, women’s ridership in Karnataka buses has increased. Now, we are in the process of adding more buses to the fleet. The pink bus idea is good and we are exploring the possibility of introducing new pink buses in the BMTC fleet, exclusively dedicated to women passengers,” he said.
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