Dharamshala, August 17, 2015: The government run public transport HRTC in Himachal has started providing a concession of 25%in buses to the female passengers from today. The announcement of this facility was made by the Transport Minister G S Bali during his Independence Day speech at Mandi.
Confirming this Anil Sen the DM HRTC said, “As the ticketing has not been separated in the ticket machines the tickets for ladies are being done manually. This facility is being given to the passengers for travel within the state only, they have to bear full charges in HRTC buses while travelling in other state.”
Sen said that this facility shall not be available in Volvo, AC, Deluxe and buses running on fixed fare ,where as this can be availed in nonstop route buses of HRTC. He said a traveler can only avail one time concession.
The Transport Minister said, “To provide better facilities to its travelers the HRTC will soon start a Volvo service from Dharamshala to Srinagar (J&K) and from Mandi to Jaipur. It shall also start 16 seater mini luxury buses from all the district head quarters to Chandigarh to help small groups.”
Date:
Monday, August 17, 2015