Bus fare hike to be effective from November 5

Women and students who travel in RTCs will not be affected, since the Shakti scheme, one of the five guarantees, offers free bus travel to women and students, who were recently exempted. | Photo Credit: File Photo

Close on the heels of a steep increase in the price of Nandini milk and curd marketed by the Karnataka Milk Federation, bus travel in the State-owned road transport corporations is set to increase from November 5. The quantum of the fare hike will be decided on November 4.

Women and students who travel in the RTCs would not be affected since the Shakti scheme, one of the five guarantees, offers free bus travel to women and students, who were recently exempted. Though the issue of the fare hike had come before the recent meeting of the State Cabinet, the decision had been deferred.

Byrathi Suresh | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.