Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Friday handed over cash prizes to women passengers who won the Rakhi festival draw, in an event organised at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station here.
As part of the contest, TSRTC had kept drop boxes at all major bus stations, regional offices and other places with high passenger movement and requested women to drop their tickets in them with their name and phone number written on them to be eligible for a draw. According to officials, around 3.5 lakh women dropped their tickets in the boxes.
Though the draw was held on September 5, the winners were brought to MGBS from across districts and felicitated. Each of the 11 regions saw women winning a first prize of ₹25,000, a second prize of ₹15,000 and a third prize of ₹10,000.
