Passengers travelling in the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) buses will have to shell out more as the UT Administration has increased the fare of both AC and non-AC buses.
The new charges are applicable on both local and long-route CTU buses and will come into effect from January 16, 2020.
The fares of the CTU non-AC local buses, which are divided into three slabs, were earlier fixed at Rs 10, Rs 15 and Rs 20. While the first slab (upto 5 kms) has been kept same, the second (5 to 10 km) and third (above 10 km) slab rates have been increased by Rs 5 each. Similarly, in the AC local buses, the first slab of Rs 15 has been kept the same. But, in second slab, the fare has been increased from Rs 20 to Rs 25 and in third slab of above 10 km, from Rs 25 to Rs 30.
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore had last week given approval to the increase in bus fare to neutralise the impact of imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on tickets. GST was imposed on bus fares in 2016.
While Punjab and Haryana were already charging GST on their bus fares, the Chandigarh Administration was yet to impose it.
The bus fares were last increased in 2018.