Students to get refund on bus passes as Karnataka launches free bus pass scheme

Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh connected Thursday announced that students who person already purchased autobus passes would person a afloat refund, arsenic the State is acceptable to rotation retired a strategy offering escaped autobus passes to each students.

The Minister said that until now, escaped buses were constricted to miss students nether Shakti scheme. However, nether the enactment of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the Congress authorities has decided to widen the strategy to boys arsenic well.

“Guidelines for the strategy person been finalised and volition beryllium released shortly. Students volition beryllium capable to use for the escaped autobus passes astatine Karnataka One and Bengaluru One centres wrong the adjacent fewer days. Following verification of applications, the organisation process volition begin,” Mr. Suresh said.