{"id":20996,"date":"2023-12-15T15:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=20996"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:19:22","slug":"students-access-to-free-metro-buses-and-orange-train-ends-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/students-access-to-free-metro-buses-and-orange-train-ends-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Students’ access to free metro buses and orange train ends tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The free bus service for students on the metro bus and orange train in Lahore is scheduled to terminate tomorrow, ending a brief benefit.<\/p>\n

The free travel benefit will end as a result of the Education Department’s decision, which was made in anticipation of the winter break, which runs from December 18 to January 1<\/p>\n

According to the Secretary of Transport Punjab, the free travel benefits\u2014which is valid for students up to class XII\u2014will stop working as of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there is a bright side: the free metro bus service will be reinstated at the end of the winter break.<\/p>\n

It’s important to remember that the Punjab government had previously announced a wonderful program that would have allowed seniors, people with disabilities, and students to ride the Orange Line Metro Train and Metro bus for free.<\/p>\n

This policy, which aims to improve public convenience and well-being, was especially praised by the provincial minister.<\/p>\n

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Given the current state of the economy and the rate of inflation, the Punjabi government’s decision to offer free transportation is perceived as a concrete attempt to lessen the burdens that urban residents bear.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how the general public’s perception of the scheme’s return following the winter break will change as the temporary suspension comes into force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The free bus service for students on the metro bus and orange train in Lahore is scheduled to terminate tomorrow, ending a brief benefit. The free travel benefit will end as a result of the Education Department’s decision, which was made in anticipation of the winter break, which runs from December 18 to January […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,21,2],"tags":[10355,3525,144],"class_list":["post-20996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","tag-metro-buss","tag-orange-line-metro-train","tag-lahore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}