Mahalakshmi scheme: 35.65 crore women's bus trips in three months
TGSRTC Managing Director Nagireddy said 35.65 crore (3,565.11 lakh) trips by women were recorded on RTC buses over three months under Telangana's Mahalakshmi free bus travel scheme. The corresponding figure for the same period a year earlier was 34.67 crore (3,467.91 lakh), an increase of 97.20 lakh trips. August alone saw 48.27 lakh additional trips. Extra services and trips have been added on inter-district routes serving Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda, Khammam, Kothagudem, Nizamabad and Adilabad. The scheme offers free travel to girls, women and transgender persons of the state in Palle Velugu and Express buses.