Arvind Kejriwal to visit Punjab on June 15: Sources
Chandigarh, June 12
: According to the sources, Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Punjab on June 15.
As per the sources, Kejriwal will be visiting Punjab to give green signal and to inaugurate the launching ceremony of Volvo buses that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced from Delhi Airport to Punjab on June 10.
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From June 15, the Punjab Government, led by Bhagwant Mann, has decided to ply VOLVO buses to and from Delhi Airport. The fare will be less than half of that of private buses. The information was revealed by the Punjab Chief Minister LIVE on his official page.
Restarting after four years, the bus service will be from eight cities — Amritsar, Pathankot, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Patiala. The state-run Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) and PUNBUS will run the luxury bus service to the Delhi Airport.
Booking for the same will start from 15th June at http://www.punbusonline.com and http://www.pepsuonline.com/
AAP chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang on Saturday said the AAP government has already taken many decisions to end liquor, sand mafias and supply of drugs in the state.
“Now transport mafia will also be a thing of the past as party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal accompanied by CM Mann will flag off Volvo buses on June 15,” Kang said.
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Announcing the starting of VOLVO buses from Punjab to the IGI Airport and from the IGI Airport to different cities of the state, Bhagwant Mann announced that the tariff to be charged by PRTC and PEPSU buses would be less than half of what private operators were charging.
-PTC News
