Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off 50 small bus services in Chennai to connect areas without transportation facilities to the nearest bus stands and railway stations.Such a facility, also called the ‘mini bus’ service, is already available in other parts of the state.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off 610 new buses for city roads, insisting her Government was committed to delivering transport services at low costs considering that the sector plays a key role in economic growth.
Jayalalithaa also gave pension benefits to 25 retired transport employees and sanctioned Rs 257 crore of pension benefits for other retired department employees.