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Cancellation of free bus, increase in government bus fare. Dawn government that will give shock in succession.
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Explanation
A screenshot of a newspaper page is going viral on social media saying that the free bus service scheme for women started by the DMK regime is going to be canceled and the government bus fare is going to be hiked along with it.
BJP and AIADMK members, including Tamil Nadu BJP treasurer S.R. Shekhar, are sharing this on Twitter and criticizing it as a dawn government.
What is the truth?
Searching whether the bus fare hike in Tamil Nadu, free bus travel for women is going to be cancelled, no such news or official notification has been released.
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In an interview given to the media on December 2, Transport Minister Sivasankar said, “The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced the purchase of 1000 new buses for the use of the people of Tamil Nadu in the last assembly session. According to the announcement, an ordinance has been issued to allocate Rs. 420 crores for the purchase of buses.
Earlier 40% women were traveling in the free bus and now it is going up to 69%. This is because poor and middle class women are benefiting the most through this scheme. It is for this that the State Planning Commission has conducted a study and submitted a report to the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister has approved the purchase of 500 new electric buses. In the first phase, 100 will be bought and used in Chennai.
December 8th Minister Sivashankar spoke on roll call, ” Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation is in huge debt. The reason is the rise in diesel prices. We are facing a huge crisis because of this uncontrollable and uncontrollable hike in diesel prices.
The Chief Minister said that the public should not be affected There is no increase in bus fare He has already announced. Even though the neighboring states have increased the bus fare, he has said that the bus fare should not be increased as there should be no impact on the people of Tamil Nadu.
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When searching for the news going viral by BJP and AIADMK, “Free bus cancellation. Fare hike? The Tamil Nadu government will give a shock! ” in the title news4tamil The website has published this news two days ago.
Going into this message, After saying that the minister had said that there would be no hike in bus fares” If the bus fare is also raised, it will be very difficult for the people who are shocked by the increase in the price.
Similarly, the transport corporation has been struggling to cope with its debt burden since the introduction of fare-free tickets for women. So as soon as possible Many are talking about canceling the plan ” is featured.
In other words, even after the minister himself said that the bus fare will not be increased, some people are talking about increasing the bus fare and canceling the free travel for women and spreading the news under a false headline.
read more : Is it true that the bus fare details will increase from May 18?
It is worth noting that last May there was a rumor that Tamil Nadu government bus fares were going up.
Conclusion:
In our search, we have come to know that the news spread about cancellation of free bus and increase in government bus fare is false and no such announcement has been made.
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