BMTC bus fare hike – Transport Minister Laxman Sawadi

Karnataka : The state government is going to give another shock to the people who are now recovering from coronavirus by increasing the bus fares of BMTC.

Transport Minister Laxman Sawadi said the decision to increase the bus fare would be taken by the chief minister.

Already, three transport corporations have increased their ticket fares by a whopping  Has been increased by 12 per cent. But the BMTC has not increased ticket prices. The BMTC, therefore, is proposing to increase the ticket price and clarify that it is thinking of increasing the fares.

“The Chief Minister will take a final call on the fare hike, such that neither BMTC nor the commuters are overly burdened,” Mr. Savadi said. He also clarified that there was no question of a fare hike in buses run by other road transport corporations as ticket rates had been increased by 12% last year. The last time BMTC fares were hiked was in 2014-15.