The ride in the buses of the State transport would become dearer by 10 per cent. The Transport Minister Surendra Rakesh has decided to limit the proposed 26 per cent hike in the fares by the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) to 10 percent and asked the Principal Secretary Transport and Managing Director, UTC to implement the limited increase.
The Principal Private Secretary Social Welfare and Transport Minister, KK Madan said that due to increasing expenses on salary of employees, diesel, spares parts and payments of retirement benefits the UTC had proposed 26 per cent hike in bus fares.He said that the neighboring states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh have increased roadways fares in this year. Madan claimed that the Transport Minister reduced the proposed hike so that the people of the state are not burdened more.