Madras HC bins plea against TN govt's free bus travel scheme for women

Chennai, Oct 5 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn, a petition filed by a Erode-based woman private operator, seeking to declare the TVK government's 'Vetri Payanam' scheme offering free bus travel for women as Unconstitutional. The Vetri Payanam scheme, an expanded version of the earlier 'Vidiyal Payanam' scheme introduced during the previous DMK regime, was launched by Chief Minister Vijay on October 2 on Gandhi Jayanthi day, benefitting an additional 84.32 lakh women in 12,695 ordinary, LSS and express buses across Tamil Nadu every day. The petition was filed by N.Kalamani, a private bus operator from…