Free bus ride for women on Aug 22

PATNA: The state transport department announced on Wednesday that women using the city bus service on the occasion of Rakshabandhan on August 22 would be able to travel free of cost on all routes.
Transport minister, Sheela Kumari, told this reporter that the special facility would be provided to women to encourage them to use the city bus service without any hesitation.
Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, who is the transport secretary, also said, “Women and girls can travel by the buses without paying any fare on the occasion of Rakshabandhan.”
According to Bihar State Road Transport Corporation’s administrator, Shyam Kishore, 65% of the seats in all buses have already been reserved for women and CCTV cameras installed so that they feel safe during the journey.
Postmen to deliver rakhis in flood-hit areas: With Rakshabandhan around the corner, the postal department has kick-started a special drive to deliver rakhis to brothers even in the remotest parts of the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
During a press conference organised at the General Post Office in Patna on Wednesday, Col Jaleshwar Kanhar, the chief postmaster general of the Bihar circle, said waterproof rakhi envelopes were also available.
“With a view to ensuring that all the rakhis are delivered on time, our staff will work at night and even on holidays,” Kanhar said and added that special letter boxes would be used for delivering rakhis to the Indian soldiers.
The postmaster general of the east region, Adnan Ahmed, said postmen would use boats to deliver letters and rakhis in flood-hit areas.