Overview

• The Cabinet approved the Chief Minister’s Regional Connectivity Scheme 2025 on June 13, authorizing 90 buses to link district headquarters with block and regional hubs.
• Government subsidies will cover up to 50% of each bus’s cost through a 35% down payment and bank loans repayable over five years.
• Operating contracts will be awarded first to private entrepreneurs and then to Self-Help Groups to manage the new fleet.
• Buses are scheduled to arrive at district centres by 9:30 am and depart by 5:30 pm to serve office-goers, students, hospital visitors and market commuters.
• The initiative encourages electric vehicles and aligns with broader plans for tourism projects, including hotels and lake cruise services.