A day after taking oath, Delhi's new Health and Transport Minister Pankaj Singh on Thursday assured that the free bus service for women will continue under the BJP-led government and directed officials to submit a detailed report on the functioning of Mohalla Clinics.
Singh, who has been allocated the health, transport, and information technology portfolios, took oath on Wednesday along with five other cabinet ministers in the newly formed Rekha Gupta government.
Public transport will remain free as promised. We are committed to improving facilities further, Singh told PTI.
He assured that free public transport for women will not be discontinued and said that the government plans to improve introduce new benefits in public transport.
Singh, a 48-year-old debutant legislator and a prominent Purvanchali face in the new government, is a dental surgeon-turned-politician.
Speaking about the Mohalla Clinics, Singh said, he has asked the Health Secretary to submit a report detailing the