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Minister for Transport M. Ramprasad Reddy connected Wednesday said Stree Shakti strategy has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir impactful and people-centric payment initiatives successful the State.
Speaking astatine a reappraisal gathering of the District Public Transport Officers (DPTOs) astatine RTC House successful Vijayawada nether the chairmanship of the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director C.H. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, the Minister said though Andhra Pradesh was the past State successful South India to present the scheme, astir 40 crore women passengers person already availed of the escaped question installation nether the scheme.
He expressed assurance that APSRTC was present backmost connected way and said modern technology-enabled buses would beryllium introduced successful the coming days. He said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wanted that each the caller buses should beryllium electrical and that AC installation should beryllium introduced adjacent connected Palle Velugu services successful phases.
In summation to summons revenue, APSRTC has generated ₹200 crore gross done cargo services, the Minister noted and urged the drivers and conductors to proceed to discharge their duties with utmost work to guarantee rider information and satisfaction. He besides assured that issues related to hired buses would beryllium resolved shortly.
Referring to plans connected electrical buses, Mr. Ram Prasad said they were already being operated to Tirumala and that infrastructure improvement for cognition of electrical buses was nether way. He announced that 750 electrical buses volition beryllium inducted soon successful the ASPRTC fleet and that probe connected retro-fitting buses was successful progress. Highlighting the value of the PPP model, helium said the National Highways would not person achieved specified maturation without it and that the exemplary was being adopted crossed departments.
The Minister said respective affirmative changes had taken spot successful APSRTC nether the conjugation authorities rule. Promotions were granted to employees, alternate employment was provided to 51 medically unfit employees, and retired of 682 medically unfit employees, 200 attended the screening, of whom 149 were extended fiscal assistance.
The gathering discussed issues related to income, expenditure, autobus operations and different cardinal parameters up to December of the fiscal twelvemonth 2025–26.
The Minister besides inaugurated the recently constructed cargo transportation constituent and cargo bureau astatine Vijayawada autobus station.
