To provide safe and secure travelling for girls, Haryana government has come up with special buses for girl students

Updated on: Thursday, January 07, 2016

In order to provide safe and secure travelling environment for girl students, Haryana has come up with special buses. The Haryana Transport Department has started nine more special buses in the second phase of its scheme to ply college-studying girl students.

According to PTI reports, State Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar said on January 5, that providing safe and convenient transport facility to girls studying in colleges is one of the priorities of the Haryana government.

Panwar said the special buses had been started in districts of Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Ambala and Panchkula in the first phase. In 2016, he said, the facility of special buses would be extended to girls studying in technical and other colleges in the remaining districts. In this regard, a report pertaining to requirement of special buses in all districts has been sought from the Education and Technical Education departments.

The Transport Minister said that women security guards would be deployed in these special buses for the safety of students and added that directions have been issued to the police department in this regard.

Special buses have been started on routes from Babain to Kurukshetra University, Ladwa to Kurukshetra University, Pipli to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra to Umri, Mathana to Kurukshetra University, Indri to Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra- Pehowa-Kurukshetra, Shahbad-Ladwa-Shahbad, Pehowa-Kurukshetra- Pehowa and Karnal to Garhi Birbal-Garhi Birbal to Karnal.

To provide safe and secure travelling for girls, Haryana government has come up with special buses for girl students

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