Lucknow. Passengers traveling at night are getting relief from the expansion of night public transport services in Uttar Pradesh. In view of Chhath festival, the Transport Corporation is operating more than 14 thousand buses. Of these, about five thousand buses are taking passengers to their destinations at night. More than two lakh passengers are traveling daily on night services. At the same time, about 550 buses are being operated from Delhi to major cities of Purvanchal.
The state government says that due to improvement in law and order and expansion of public transport facilities, the confidence of women, girl students and people traveling with families has increased regarding night travel. Employed women are also getting the option to return home by late night buses as per their convenience.
Increased safe transportation options for women
Public transport services have been expanded with arrangements like Mission Shakti, women's helpline and police activation for women's safety. This is providing convenience to women returning home after job, studies and other important works. Night buses are also proving useful for women going to their parents' or in-laws' houses during festivals.
Additional buses to return home on Chhath
Additional Chief Secretary Transport Amrit Abhijat said that in view of the possible crowd of passengers going to Purvanchal on Chhath festival, instructions have been given to run more and more buses from 13 to 17 November. Additional buses have been arranged for the convenience of Purvanchal residents living in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and other metros, so that they do not face any problem in reaching home.
More than one crore passengers traveled in six days on Diwali
A significant increase was recorded in the number of passengers in roadways buses during Diwali. Between November 6 and 11, more than one crore people traveled by buses.
– November 6: 18.06 lakh passengers
– 7 November: 16.72 lakh passengers
– November 8: 17.36 lakh passengers
– November 9: 14.12 lakh passengers
– November 10: 16.42 lakh passengers
– November 11: More than 19.45 lakh passengers
Transported a stranded couple home at night, reunited a deaf and mute woman with her family.
UP-112 is also providing assistance for women's safety and to help the needy. Since 2019, 'Escort for Safety' facility has been provided to 5,274 women.
In the same sequence, on the night of 31st October in Kadipur area of Sultanpur, the couple, who were troubled by lack of means of transportation, were taken to their home in Bari Hamidpur by the policemen of PRV-9391 in their vehicle. At the same time, the team of PRV-9132 took a deaf and mute woman who had lost her way in Katra market area of Gonda to her family after understanding the information from her gestures.