Increased oil price leads to bus fare hike in Odisha

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KalingaTV News Network

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Monday hiked bus fares across all categories following the increase in oil prices. The bus charges were increased under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism.

While the fares of ordinary and express buses were hiked by 2 paise per km, the fare of deluxe and AC deluxe buses were increased by 4 paise per km.

With the implementation of the increased fare, the travelers of ordinary buses will now have to pay 70 paise per km against 68 paise. Likewise, the commuters travelling in express buses have to pay 73 paise per km instead of 71 paise.

Similarly, the deluxe category buses will now charge Rs 1.01 per km which was 97 paise earlier. The AC Deluxe buses will charge Rs 1.23 instead of the existing Rs 1.19 paise per km.

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