Due to ongoing Kanwar Mela, the routes of buses between Dehradun and Delhi and other places have been changed apart from which the bus fares have also been revised, said Uttarakhand Transport Corporation regional manager CP Kapur on Tuesday.
Due to change in routes, passengers have to spend an additional around two hours to reach their destination, he added.Kapur said that large numbers of Kanwarias come to Haridwar, Rishikesh and other religious places from Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and other places so these routes are busy during Kanwar Mela. Due to change in routes, the distance between Dehradun and New Delhi has increased by 70 kilometres. Buses are driven from Dehradun to Poanta Shaib, Jagadhri, Karnal and GT Road before reaching
New Delhi. Buses follow same route while returning from Delhi. Earlier buses took the route from Dehradun to Roorkee, Muzaffarnagar, Modinagar, Ghaziabad and Delhi. Following this, bus fare has been revised.
The fair of Volvo has been increased from Rs634 to Rs 729 while AC bus fare has been raised to Rs524 from Rs 430. The fare of hi tech bus is Rs 463 while the earlier fare was
Rs 379. The fare of general bus has been increased to Rs284 from Rs236. To avoid additional two hours bus journey, passengers may go to Delhi by train.