New Delhi, June 12 -- A week after announcing the Delhi government's proposal for free rides to women in Delhi Metro and buses, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the DMRC had submitted a concrete proposal on implementing the Delhi government's scheme, which would entail a financial commitment of about Rs 1550 crore a year.

Giving details of the DMRC's proposal, Mr Kejriwal said that two options have been proposed by them for implementation of the scheme.

"One is a long term plan that will take one year to implement and will involve changing of the DMRC's software, tokens and cards. However, the second option is a short term, stop gap arrangement. As per this model, women shall be able to purchase tokens at ticke...