CM Naidu launches ‘Stree Shakti’ free bus travel for women, transgender

N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh on Friday launched ‘Stree Shakti’, a statewide free bus travel scheme for women.

As part of Stree Shakti, all girls, women and transgender persons with Andhra Pradesh domicile status can travel anywhere in the state. CM Naidu, his deputy Pawan Kalyan and IT Minister Nara Lokesh travelled in a bus accompanied by women.

As the bus passed through Tadepalli



village in Guntur district, several people cheered them while the beneficiaries alternated among themselves to sit beside the CM, Kalyan and Lokesh to chat with them.

The Stree Shakti scheme will allow the beneficiaries to travel across the state in the five categories of Pallevelugu, Ultra Pallevelugu, City Ordinary, Metro Express and Express services of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus services.