UT administration may soon give concession to its senior citizens in the city transport buses. “Very soon, orders will be passed to implement concessional rates for the senior citizens in the CTU buses,” said the Advisor to UT Administrator Vijay Dev while participating in a function organised by the city’s Women liberation Front on Friday to bring into notice of Chandigarh Administration the various problems faced by the senior citizens.
Around 250 senior citizens from across the city participated in this assembly. Front president Neena Tiwari made the Advisor aware about various issues faced by the senior citizens and appealed him to find a way out. Responding, he assured to find a solution to the issues raised by them. Bringing into his notice the major issues, Tiwari said that senior citizens and widows have to run from pillar to post get their pension credited. She emphasised that in community centers, a dedicated room should be made available for the entertainment of senior citizens.
“In CTU buses, senior citizens are charged full amount whereas they are getting concession in the Punjab and Haryana roadways buses,” she said demanding 50 per cent concession for the senior citizens in inter-state routes of CTU buses. Dev have an assurance that very soon orders will be passed to implement concessional rates for the senior citizens in CTU buses. He further assured that solution for rest of the problems will be find out very soon.