All-women city bus service started in Bhubaneswar

 

All-women city bus service started in Bhubaneswar

In an attempt to provide safe and comfortable bus service to the women of the state capital, all-women city bus service has been started. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched this much awaited and much talked about bus service on 29^th July, 2013. Just before 4 months, in a similar kind of attempt, all-women city bus service was started between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar by OSRTC. This time the service is being provided by DREAM TEAM SAHARA and BPTSL in the city. But the number of commuters has been really less in the OSRTC women bus and hence it has been really difficult to register any profit. 

No. of all-women city bus in Bhubaneswar:

Four buses will serve the purpose. These buses would run in two routes i.e. in Airport-Nandankanan route and KIIT Square-Balakati route. Each bus will have around 60 seats. 

Bus no. of all-women bus in Bhubaneswar: 207 and 306(two buses each)

Timing:

The all-women city bus in Bhubaneswar would transport women from 8.30 am to 11am in the morning and from 4.30 pm to 7 pm in the evening. The timing of the buses is aimed to match the timing of working women and female students in the city.

How to recognize all-women bus in Bhubaneswar?

The all-women bus in Bhubaneswar has been painted red all over it so that people can recognize it easily. Several messages and quotations regarding women empowerment have also been written on its exterior part.

Though a lot of people have welcomed the move, there are quite a few others who are skeptical about its success. Instead of having a all-women city bus service, it would have been better if there could have been reservation for women in other buses. In other cities like Kolkata, there is reservation of a certain number of seats in all the city buses.

There are also plans to install CCTV cameras in the city buses to stop anti-social activities. Currently, 125 city buses are running in the city which includes the 4 all-women city services started recently. Hope this new service becomes a success.