The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is planning to raise bus fares by up to 20% to compensate for significant financial losses. The losses are attributed primarily to the Shakti scheme, which offers free travel for women in Karnataka. KSRTC officials warn that without a fare increase, the corporation will not be able to sustain its operations.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was presented with a garland made entirely of free bus tickets by a first-year law student named MA Jayashree during an election campaign in Arasikere. Jayashree expressed her gratitude for the state government’s Shakti scheme, which provides free travel to women on government buses. She had been saving all of her free tickets with the intention of making a garland for the Chief Minister.
