Jammu, March 28:
Women will be able to travel free of cost in government buses in Jammu and Kashmir from April 1. During the journey, they will have to show their Aadhar card, which will work as a ticket for them. The Transport Department has completed all the preparations regarding this. The department will issue detailed guidelines before March 31. This facility will be available in the buses of Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation and Smart City Jammu and Srinagar. Conductors are being trained to issue tickets by entering the Aadhar card number in the POS machine.
JKRTC currently operates 488 buses in its fleet. These include inter-state, inter-district and buses running within the district. 20 thousand passengers travel in JKRTC buses every day, while this number remains up to 23.1 lakh every year after adding Amarnath pilgrims. In the financial year 2023-24, JKRTC had collected a revenue of Rs 190.57 crore.
In this, a revenue of Rs 73.16 crore was collected from buses and Rs 117.40 crore from the operation of trucks. After a long time, JKRTC had come out of losses. Now free travel for women will affect the revenue of JKRTC. It can decrease by up to 50 percent.
