Bengaluru, July 15 -- CM issues 500th crore ticket to a lady passenger

Shakti, one of the five Guarantee Schemes of the State Government, that provides free travel facility to women passengers in the State-owned Road Transport Corporations buses, set a new milestone yesterday, with 500th crore ticket. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah symbolically issued the 500th crore ticket to a woman passenger, with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Transport Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy, aboard a KSRTC bus.

Latha, a factory worker, was the lucky woman to receive 500th crore ticket, along with a felicitation. Ilkal sarees and sweets were distributed to fellow women passengers travelling in the same bus. A woman beneficiary of the scheme, in a goodw...