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As part of encouraging women to use the Chigari bus, the company allowed women to use its service free of cost on Sunday. The buses are all under the surveillance of CCTV cameras, and each bus station and the buses are being monitored by the control room. So far, 30,000 women might have availed the free ride though they said they didn’t have the exact figure.The HDBRTS has decided to introduce separate buses for women as many suggested that such a measure would make women passengers feel more comfortable. Hubballi: The Hubballi-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System (HDBRTS) is all set to launch dedicated buses to ferry women passengers.According to sources, the process to introduce ‘Pink Chigari’ has been set in motion and HDBRTS may launch it any time. To assist women and the differently-abled, station managers have been deployed, Cholan said..