Higher education department asked for information about students availing free bus transport service
Letter written to the principals of all government colleges
Chief Minister had announced on Independence Day on August 15
Raipur, 19 August 2023
The state government has started implementing the announcement made by Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel “to provide free transport facility through bus for students studying in government colleges from home to college and from college to home”. Chief Minister Mr. Baghel made this announcement in the interest of the college students at the state level function organized at the Police Parade Ground in the capital Raipur on the occasion of Independence Day.
The Commissioner of Higher Education Department, Smt. Sharda Verma has written a letter to the principals of all government colleges regarding the implementation of this announcement. In which information has been sought of those students studying in government colleges, who want to avail free bus transport service. Information has been sought through letter in the prescribed format. In which information has been sought related to the name of the travelers, the name of the bus route, the name of the bus stop nearest to the college and the distance of the college from the student’s home. The principals have been asked to send the above information to the department by August 28.
It is notable that during the meeting with the youth, the students of the college had demanded Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel to provide free bus service.
