The State Government on Saturday increased bus fares across all categories under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism. The fares of ordinary and express buses were hiked by 1 paisa per km and that of deluxe and AC deluxe buses by 2 paise.
Notably, the diesel price was hiked by Rs1.26 per litre on Wednesday. With this, the fare for ordinary buses will now be 61 paise per km as against 60 paise. The fare of express buses has been increased to 64 paise from 63 paise.
Deluxe category buses will now charge 86 paise per km as against 84 paise earlier. Passengers travelling by AC deluxe buses will have to shell out Rs1.07 instead of the existing Rs1.05 paise per km.
Notably, the Government has hiked the bus fares for the sixth time this year. The fares were earlier hiked on March 10, March 19, May 3, May 23 and June 2.
According to the automatic mechanism for revision of fares, the fares for ordinary and express buses will be hiked by 1 paisa per km if the price of diesel is hiked by Rs2 per litre. The fares of ordinary and express buses would be reduced by 1 paisa per km if the price of diesel is reduced by Rs 2 per litre. Similarly, fares for deluxe and AC deluxe buses would be hiked by 2 paise if the price of diesel is increased by Rs2. The fares for deluxe and AC deluxe buses would be reduced by 2 paise if the price of diesel is reduced by Rs2.