BENGALURU: After the milk price hike, the bus fare hike is also expected in the first week of November itself and a formal will be made announcement on November 4.
The bus fare hike will directly affect male passengers as, under the Shakti scheme, the state government bears bus ticket fare of women passengers.
After the Cabinet discussion on the fare hike, a decision on the quantum of increase will be decided by the Transport Department and Minister Byrathi Suresh will hold meeting with officials on November 3.
Based on the fare hike committee report, it is expected that there will be a 15-17 per cent hike in BMTC while it will be 15 per cent in the three other transport corporations. In all probability, the revised fare will come into effect even before Deepavali.
On the proposed bus fare hike, Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said that the Transport Department will decide. When asked about whether bus fares would be increased, he said, “The Transport Department has suffered heavy losses, and there were no funds even for diesel. The government is providing free bus travel for women. Therefore, the Transport Department itself has been asked to take a decision on this matter”.
