The number of women passengers travelling by private buses has come down drastically. Only a few were spotted on private buses operating from Shivamogga on Tuesday.
“The bus to Sagar from Shivamogga left the bus stand without a single woman passenger,” said Ashok, a booking agent at the private bus stand in Shivamogga. A woman who landed at the private bus stand by mistake asked the booking agents how to reach the KSRTC bus stand and left in search of a KSRTC bus to her destination. There were hardly any women passengers in the private stand.
“Why will they come here, when the government is offering them free travel facilities?” The scheme is beneficial for them, but it snatches away our food,” said Mr. Ashok, who has been working as a booking agent for private buses for the last 25 years.
