India, Oct. 3 -- Women availing free travel on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses are likely to continue receiving paper-based pink slips for a few more days, despite the October 1 deadline to shift to smart travel cards, as the Delhi government is waiting for lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu's approval to notify changes governing the free-travel scheme.

An official on Friday said the proposed change would restrict benefits to women residents of Delhi with a Saheli smart card to avail bus travel mandatory.

The amended notification is expected to be approved shortly, and a formal gazette notification will be issued making the smart-card system mandatory from next week, the official said.

"The wording of the sch...