After it raised regular ticket fares last month, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has now jacked up the prices of its popular bus passes which allow unlimited travel to any location in the city for either four or seven days.
After it raised regular ticket fares last month, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has now jacked up the prices of its popular bus passes which allow unlimited travel to any location in the city for either four or seven days. Similarly, the price paid per kilometre for buses hired on "contract basis" has also been increased.
For the passes, the average increase has been between Rs150 and Rs200. For contract services, the increase is between Rs2 and Rs3, but since the payment of at least 300 kilometres is mandatory, the effective price increase in contract service is between Rs600 and Rs900.
As per an official statement released by the MSRTC, during the peak commuting period (between October 15 and June 14), the tariffs for adults in the regular, semi-luxury and inter-state services for the 4-day passes are now Rs610, Rs695 and Rs750, respectively. And for the same category of bus services for 7-day passes, the revised tariffs are Rs1,065, Rs1,215 and Rs1,310, respectively.
In the non-peak commuting period (between June 15 and October 14), the tariff for adults in the regular, semi-luxury and inter-state services for the 4-day passes are now Rs565, Rs645 and Rs695, respectively, and for the same category of bus services for 7-day passes, the revised tariffs are Rs985, Rs1,125 and Rs1,215 respectively.
The hike has been implemented from August 11. Previously, on July 8, the MSRTC had implemented a hike of over 10 % for regular tickets after diesel prices were increased by Rs3 per litre for diesel. The diesel price hike reportedly led to a financial burden of about Rs34 lakh on the transport undertaking.
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