Nagpur : The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is set to provide free bus passes to HIV and AIDS patients to enable them to travel free to the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) centres for medication.
NMC transport department’s proposal to this effect will be tabled before the transport committee. The move may benefit thousands of patients taking treatment in Government Medical College, and Indira Gandhi Medical College.
As per the proposal, NMC will issue free savvy card pass — that will be renewable every year — for Red bus service for those who can’t afford to travel to ART centres. The beneficiaries can travel in NMC buses six times a month using the pass.
After sending the list of registered persons to the transport department, the free pass or savvy card will be submitted to respective district collector, and district AIDS prevention and control squad, Nagpur. After getting administrative approval for the proposal, the transport committee and NMC will prepare a policy on this.
The transport department has also submitted income and expenditure statements for three months (April-June) of this current fiscal. As per the statement, the department generated Rs 16.06 crore through sale of tickets as against expenditure of Rs 39.41 crore.
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