The Punjab government has announced free bus travel for all candidates appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on June 21, as well as a day before and after the examination. One attendant accompanying each candidate will also be allowed to travel free of cost on PUNBUS, PRTC, and Punjab Roadways buses.
The free bus service is expected to benefit around 56,000 people, including 28,000 NEET aspirants, ferrying them to and from examination centres between June 20 and 22.
The decision was taken after a detailed meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday.
Punjab’s Transport and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, “The NEET aspirants have been left in the lurch by the BJP, which continues to play with their future. Ever since the BJP assumed power at the Centre, there have been 29 paper leaks.”
The meeting also discussed administrative and governance issues, including providing jobs to youth in various engineering departments across the state.
Chief Minister Mann said his government is formulating a policy to resolve the problems faced by people who have invested in unauthorised colonies.
He noted that thousands of buyers were suffering due to developers selling plots in unauthorised colonies, leaving them entangled in legal issues.
“Thousands of innocent families invested their life savings to buy property. Later, they discovered that they could neither sell the land nor get the registries done. They were also deprived of basic facilities such as electricity, water, and drainage networks. Such investors deserve justice,” Mann said.
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