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City bus fares go up in Udupi

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April 1, 2012

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Manipal, April 1: The city bus fares in Udupi district have been revised by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) with effect from April 1.

According to a press release issued here on Saturday, the Udupi City Bus Owners' Association had earlier increased the fare by 50 paise for every stage. But there was a shortage of 50 paise coins in the banks. There were also quarrels for change between bus conductors and passengers.

As per the order of the State government, all fares had to be rounded up to the rupee. After having a thorough discussion at a meeting with the office-bearers of the association, bus owners, Consumers' Forum, and other organisations on February 16, the RTA revised the city bus fares.

The minimum fare has been revised from Rs. 4.50 to Rs. 5. The new fares are (existing rates in brackets): up to 2 km Rs. 5 (Rs. 4.50), 2.1 to 4 km, Rs. 6 (Rs. 5.50), 4.1 to 6 km Rs. 7 (Rs. 6.50), 6.1 to 8 km Rs. 8 (Rs. 7.50). From 8.1 to 10 km Rs. 8 (Rs. 7.50), 10.1 to 12 km Rs. 9 (Rs. 8.50), 12.1 to 14 km Rs. 10 (Rs. 9.50), 14.1 to 16 km Rs. 11 (Rs. 10.50), 16.1 to 18 km Rs. 13 (Rs. 12.50), and 18.1 to 20 km Rs. 13 (Rs. 12.50).

Auto fares

The RTA has also revised the autorickshaw fares applicable to the three taluks of the district with effect from May 1.

As per the order of the RTA, the minimum tariff has been revised to Rs. 20 for the first 1.5 km. It will be Rs. 14 for every km thereafter.

All autorichshaw operators should compulsorily install plug metres. They should get their metres recalibrated to the revised fares and get them sealed by April 30. They should compulsorily use the metres from May 1 and charge passengers as per the reading of the metres.


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"Yediyurappa government has decided to auction more than 12,000 BDA sites to get benefit of Rs 15,000 crore, rather than fullfiling requirements of people of the state at the time of coronavirus crisis," he said.

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Bengaluru, Apr 1: The price of petrol and diesel will go up by Rs 1.60 and Rs 1.59 per litre, respectively, from Wednesday. This is in line with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s decision to hike the rate of tax on petrol from 32% to 35% and diesel from 21% to 24%.

He had announced this in his March 5 Budget for 2020-21 fiscal. At present, a litre of petrol costs Rs 71.97 and diesel Rs 64.41 in Bengaluru.

The government decided to roll out the hike from Tuesday midnight going into Wednesday, April 1, after briefly considering a postponement in view of the COVID-19 crisis. 

Finance Secretary (Budget & Resources) Ekroop Caur confirmed to DH that the hike will be rolled out. 

The 3% hike on fuel tax was a key resource mobilisation measure that Yediyurappa announced in his Budget. The hike is expected to fetch the government Rs 1,500 crore. 

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