<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today virtually launched free travel facility for women in government buses running within the state. CM said, the free travel scheme, will benefit over 1.31 crore females across the state, irrespective of their financial status. The free travel facility will be given in all intra state non-AC buses, intra-state, just by showing Aadhar or Voter card or some other valid identity card.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />''Chief Minister said that while everyone talks about women empowerment, his government had taken several concrete measures to achieve the same. He said that in fact, while the promise of his government was to reduce ticket price for women by 50%, it had gone ahead to make it totally free CM also urged private bus operators to also understand their social responsibility and reduce fare for women.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Expressing concern over crimes against women, the Chief Minister said his government was committed to their safety, and the Transport Department is installing GPS systems in all government and private buses, to enable easy tracking of the vehicle, in addition to panic button for emergency use. On this occasion, Captain Amarinder also announced 25 more bus stations to be built in the state to improve road connectivity. </span><br />''  <br />