Women-on-Wheels Motorbike Subsidy Scheme launched

LAHORE: The Chief Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit (SRU) has launched its much-awaited programme “Women on Wheels: Motorbike Subsidy Scheme”, as Phase 2 of its Women-on-Wheels project.

The campaign has been launched in collaboration with the Transport Department and Bank of Punjab. The campaign aims to provide women in Punjab more than 3,000 customised motorbikes at subsidised rates through a 100pc transparent balloting process. SRU introduced the Women-on-Wheels initiative in collaboration with the respective City Traffic Police and District Governments in November 2015 to empower women through provision of free motorcycle trainings. The campaign has been launched in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Sargodha where it has trained over 3,000 women.