Free bus tickets distributed to senior citizens
Posted on: 23/Aug/2016 10:36:43 AM
Free bus tickets were distributed to senior citizens in 42 places. On 16th February Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced free bus travel for senior citizens in Chennai metropolitan area from her 68th birthday on February 24.
Under the plan, elderly people over the age of 60 may travel in all the MTC buses barring air-conditioned buses. The beneficiaries would be given ten tokens per month and they could give it to conductors in buses and travel free of cost. The tickets were distributed to senior citizens at 42 bus stands and depots across the city. . People over sixty can apply for tokens at designated bus stands and depots. Ten tokens will be issued every month to every senior citizen,
