UP News: Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 100th birth anniversary is on Wednesday. On this occasion, the Yogi government is celebrating birth centenary. In this sequence, the Yogi government will reduce the fare of the Transport Corporation's air-conditioned and Shatabdi services by 20 percent from December 25. This discount will be effective till February 25.

Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh said that with the aim of making air-conditioned bus services useful for the public, the Transport Corporation is going to give the gift of low fares to the people of the state on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bharat Ratna former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The fares are being reduced with the aim of providing air-conditioned comfortable travel to maximum number of passengers during winters.

What has been decided?
He said that this will give the passengers the benefit of traveling comfortably in winter at a lower fare. Along with this, the load factor of the corporation's AC buses will also increase, which will increase the income. According to the Transport Minister, passenger fares have been reduced by about 20 percent. The fare of air-conditioned 3X2 Janrath / Shatabdi bus will be Rs 1.45 per passenger per km instead of Rs 1.63 per km per passenger from 25 December 2024.

Minister Dayashankar Singh said that apart from this, the fare of 2X2 Janrath bus service will be Rs 1.60 per passenger per km instead of Rs 1.93 per km. It is worth noting that the 100th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was celebrated in Lucknow on Wednesday. During this, CM Yogi Adityanath and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute. CM Yogi also shared its pictures on his social media.

He shared the pictures and wrote, 'Respected Atal Ji is the epitome of what an all-inclusive, all-touching politics should be like. Today in Lucknow, the 'Atal Geet Ganga' program was concluded with great grandeur in the dignified presence of the Honorable Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh Ji.'