As the Karnataka government launched the Shakti scheme, to allow women to travel for free in State-run road transport corporations (RTCs), the four corporations (the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, the BMTC, the NWKRTC, and the KKRTC) have planned to procure 1,894 new buses this year.
The move comes after the public demanded more buses to successfully implement the scheme which may make more people use buses since it is free.