The Punjab Transport Department will provide 20,000 motorcycles to students on easy monthly installments. An agreement for this was signed recently with the Bank of Punjab; according to which, as many as 19,000 petrol bikes and 1,000 e-bikes will be provided to students free of interest in monthly installments.
The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz herself who is keen on providing facilities such as lap tops and now these motorcycles to the youth in her province.
The provision of these bikes not only facilitates transportation for females but is also indicative of a cultural revolution in the field of female transportation as the use of cycles and motorcycles by females is not very common in the country or for that matter in the province of Punjab.
According to the scheme, there shall be 19,000 Petrol Bikes in Phase I with 11,676 Bikes for male students and 7,324 Bikes for female students. Soon the streets in Punjab will see many more female motorbike drivers than in the past.
The only hitch in the scheme seems to be an order from the........