Bus fares across the State were on Wednesday reduced by two to four paise per kilometre under the automatic fare revision mechanism following reduction of diesel price three days ago.
According to a notification issued by the State Transport Commissioner, the fare for ordinary and express buses has been reduced by 2 paise per km. The fare of deluxe and AC deluxe buses has been reduced by 4 paise.
The fare for ordinary buses would now be 70 paise per km as against 72 paise per km earlier while the fare for express buses has been slashed to 73 paise from 75 paise.
After the reduction in the fare, deluxe category buses would now charge Rs 1.01 per km as against Rs 1.05 earlier; and commuters travelling in AC deluxe buses would have to pay Rs 1.23 instead of Rs 1.27 paise earlier, the notification added.