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Blaming Opposition parties for unnecessarily making the fare hike an issue, he said that public would appreciate the decision to hike. more-inMinister for Cooperation ‘Sellur’ K.
Raju defended the bus fare hike announced by the State government on Friday by stating that the hike was unavoidable and has been kept to a minimum. Though most of the passengers had understood that the bus fare hike was inevitable with the skyrocketing fuel prices, they argue that the increase should have been done over the years periodically. He said that when the bus fare was increased last time six years ago, the price of diesel was around ? 43 per litre, but it has gone up today to around ? 64 per litre. Commuters shockedThe State Government’s decision to upwardly revise the bus fare after six years resulted in heated arguments between the passengers, particularly the labourers, and the conductors in almost all routes on Saturday..