Apna Ghar: Good news has come out for bus-taxi and truck drivers offering their services day and night across the country. The government has launched a new scheme ‘Apna Ghar’ for the convenience of truck drivers. The aim of this is that while traveling on national highways, drivers should get the facility to rest in a safe and cheap place. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that this initiative is an important step towards reducing road accidents and improving the working situation of truck drivers. Under this scheme, these facilities will be started at 250 petrol pumps across the country.
These great facilities will be available
‘Apna Ghar’ will have basic facilities such as air conditioner rooms for drivers, beds to sleep, vehicle parking, toilets, hot and cold water bathrooms, food arrangements and space for cooking themselves. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the ‘Apna Ghar’ scheme in a tweet on Tuesday, stating that most of the accidents on highways are due to drivers due to proper rest and sleeplessness. He said, “AC ‘Apna Ghar’, prepared on the highway, is proving to be a solution to this major problem of drivers. In these places, they will get all the necessary facilities like eating themselves, food cooking, clean AC room, wifi, kitchen, dhaba and petrol pump.”
Most of the accidents on the highway are not to relax the drivers, the absence of sleep.
Air-condition ‘Apna Ghar’ on highways has emerged as a major solution to this problem. Here food for drivers, cooking place, Hoda-Thanda/Hot Water, Toilet-Snan Griha, Parking and Beds etc. pic.twitter.com/V5FQVfJ3iW – Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSpuri) July 1, 2025
Only this will be the rent
Your house rent is very low. Drivers will have to pay an 8 -hour fare only Rs 112. This is the first expressway in the country where bus-cab-truck drivers will be able to get a clean AC room, WiFi, kitchen, dhaba and petrol pump facility at a low price. The special thing is that if the drivers fill 50 liters or more diesel at a fixed fuel station, then they will get this facility absolutely free. Drivers can book this facility by reaching the mobile app or directly ‘Apna Ghar’.
Long distance journey will be easier now
Now truck driver ‘Apna Ghar’ rest centers can be taken directly through mobile apps or by reaching the spot. This special initiative has been taken for drivers who travel long distances so that they can get rest during the journey. The government is implementing this scheme across the country. It is starting from places where the movement of freight trucks is high, such as a busy highway like Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The Ministry of Road Transport said that fatigue of drivers is a major reason for many road accidents. ‘Apna Ghar’ is an attempt to solve this problem – a facility which is effective and can be easily implemented across the country.
‘Apna Ghar’ has been created by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and is running them Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).