Free Bus Travel: Big news for women passengers. After a long time, the Bharatiya Janata Party formed the government in Delhi. After 27 years, the BJP Chief Minister has come to power in Delhi. After forming the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party has made changes in some schemes run by the Aam Aadmi Party. These include the free bus scheme for women.
CM Rekha Gupta of Delhi Government has asked women to get a digital card instead of pink slip for free bus travel. What documents will have to be shown to get a digital card. Let us tell you the whole process.
This document will be necessary
Women traveling by DTC buses in Delhi-NCR get the facility of free travel. In the year 2019, the then Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal started this facility for the women of Delhi. Then women had to take pink tickets to travel for free. But now the rules are going to change regarding this. The Delhi government is now going to launch a digital card for free travel.
But women will have to submit some documents to get a digital card. Without these documents, the digital card will not be made. Let us tell you that the facility of free travel in the bus is only for the women of Delhi. That is, if you want to get this card made, then you must have an Aadhaar card with a Delhi address. Apart from the Aadhaar card, if you also have a Delhi voter card, then you will also be able to get this digital card made.
The facility of pink slip for free travel in Delhi buses will be discontinued. Digital card will become mandatory for this. According to the information received from the Delhi government, the government can start the process of making digital cards from April 25. The government can start this process online. So that no woman can have two cards. What rules will be set for this, information about this has not been revealed yet.