Chennai, Oct. 1 -- In a move to expand the free bus travel scheme for women in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Vijay will launch the 'Vetri Payanam' scheme in Chennai on October 2 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

Currently, women are travelling free of cost in ordinary buses operating in metropolitan and urban areas. Now, the scheme has been expanded to include Express, LSS, and Deluxe buses in metropolitan and urban areas, ordinary suburban buses between districts and ordinary buses in hill areas beyond 40 kilometres for women to travel free of cost.

The announcement was made by Chief Minister Vijay under Rule 110 in the Legislative Assembly last month.

A total of 12,692 buses operating under 7 transport corporations of the Tamil Nadu go...