Bhubaneswar: With the steep rise in prices of petrol and diesel, the state government Saturday hiked the fare of buses under various categories.
As per an order of the transport commissioner, the fares for ordinary and express buses have been raised by two paisa per kilometre while fares for deluxe and AC deluxe buses have been hiked by four paise per km. The fare has been increased as per the automated fare revision system adopted by the state government.
With this hike, the fare for ordinary buses has been increased to 72 paise per km from 70 paise while the fare for express buses has been hiked to 75 paise per km from 73 paise.
Similarly, the fare of deluxe category buses has been revised to Rs 1.05 per km from the existing Rs 1.01. AC deluxe buses will now charge Rs 1.27 instead of Rs 1.23 paise per km.
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