The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) will charge women travelers only half the fare for their travel within the state.
Launching the 'Naari Ko Naman' scheme at the Government College Auditorium here on Thursday, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also issued concessional tickets to women.
Seema Thakur, the first woman bus driver in the state, drove him in a state transport bus to the event venue. The chief minister had announced the 50 percent concession on bus fares to women on April 15, Himachal Day.
In another scheme, Thakur announced a reduction in the minimum bus fare from Rs 7 to Rs 5 for all passengers across the state.
Thakur also said the government will sanction 25 new posts of women drivers in the 'Ride With Pride' government taxi service - an initiative to ferry women passengers and senior citizens.
Monsoon arrives in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana
Chandigarh: The southwest monsoon arrived in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, bringing rains at many places. According to the Meteorological Department's report, the southwest monsoon has advanced into some parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on June 30. Heavy rains lashed Chandigarh leaving some roads waterlogged for a while. Many commuters also faced problems due to the heavy showers. Heavy rains also occurred at some places in Haryana, including Panchkula, Kaithal, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Sonipat and Yamunanagar, Met department said. Patiala, Mohali, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Hoshiarpur in Punjab also received rains.
Haryana CM lays foundation stones of four projects worth Rs 32.16 crore
Kurukshetra: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday laid the foundation stones of four projects worth Rs 32.16 crore in the district. Khattar also laid the foundation stone of bridges to be constructed by Irrigation and Water Resources Department on RD 307800 of Narwana Branch and SYL Km 44.817.
Haryana bans single use plastic from July 1
Chandigarh: Haryana government has also banned single use plastic in the state from July 1. An official spokesperson said that the Government has taken resolute steps for mitigation of pollution caused by littered Single Use Plastic. The list of banned items includes –ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (Thermocol) for decoration, plastic plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing items around sweet boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.
MCC pulls all stops to drain out accumulated water within 30 minutes after rain
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has put its best efforts to drain out the accumulated water within 30 minutes after rain. The 18 teams of Municipal Corporation which was constituted by Anindita Mitra, Commissioner, swung into action during the rain from 8.30 am in the morning and assumed their respective areas with sufficient machinery and manpower. However to cope up with the situation, the staff of 18 flood control teams drained out water from some low lying areas by using pump sets/suction machines. The inconvenience remained for some hours during the rain but all accumulated rain water was cleared within 30 minutes through the underground storm water drainage system.
Cong appoints several office bearers, including six senior vice presidents, in Himachal unit
Shimla: Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, the Congress on Thursday appointed several office-bearers in the state unit, including six senior vice presidents, five vice presidents and 12 general secretaries. The appointments come weeks after the Congress appointed former chief minister Virbhadra Singh's wife and Mandi Lok Sabha MP Pratibha Virbhadra Singh as the president of the party unit in the state. Singh had replaced Kuldeep Singh Rathore as the Himachal Pradesh Congress chief. The party appointed six senior vice presidents -- Satpal Raizada, Sohan Lal Thakur, Arun Sharma (Solan), Sunil Sharma Bittu, Ajay Solanki and Kehar Singh Khachi. Vineet Gautam, Sanjay Chauhan, Anand Kaushal, Sudhir Azad and Davinder Khurana have been appointed as vice presidents in the state unit.