Shakti Scheme

The Karnataka State Private Vehicles Owner Association has called for a Bandh in Bengaluru, opposing the Shakti scheme--one of the five pre-election guarantees of the ruling Congress. Under the scheme, free travel to women on government buses has been announced. The private transport operators say that the scheme eats into their profit. The federation comprises a total of 32 private transport associations, on strike from September 11 midnight… read-more