The State Government on Tuesday hiked the bus fare across the board as per the automatic fare adjustment mechanism following the increase in diesel price.
According to a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport Department, the fare for ordinary and express buses was increased by 1 paisa per km and the fare for deluxe and AC deluxe buses by 2 paise.
With this, the fare of the ordinary buses has been hiked to 58 paise per km from 57 paise, express buses to 61 paise from 60 paise, deluxe buses to 80 paise from 78 paise, AC deluxe buses to `1.01 from 99 paise, the notification added.
On March 19 this year, the Government had revised the bus fare under the automatic mechanism following the increase in diesel price.
Notably, the Government had announced implementation of the automatic mechanism for revision of fares on June 4 last year as per the demand of the All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association.
Under this system, rise and fall in bus fares would be determined on the rise and fall of fuel prices.