The Haryana Government has decided to provide free travel facilities to women on the buses of Haryana Roadways on Rakshabandhan, this year also. While stating this at Chandigarh today, Haryana Transport Minister,  Mool Chand Sharma said that Chief Minister Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard.
 
He said that the department has been providing free travel facilities to women on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan for the last several years. Like the previous year, this year also, the women can avail of the free travel facility along with their children up to 15 years of age. He further said that free travel facilities could be availed from 12 noon on the 29th of August till 12 midnight on the 30th of August, the day of Raksha Bandhan. He said that the free travel facility will be applicable in ordinary and standard buses.