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Railway passenger fare up by 14.2%, freight charges rise by 6.5%
passenger fares by 14.2%. The freight fare is up by 6.5%. The hike is said to have increased on the basis of automatic fuel adjustment policy.
The railways is running at a great loss, report sources. The political circuit is divided o the move. For instanece, Nitish Kumar said,"this is not right, especially because the NDA had created the blueprint 2 years ago and they are implementing it now. Even I have the experience of passing a rail budget for 2 years, I have never done this. They should have proposed it during the rail budget and not imposed it like this. The people should know why there is a hike. Sadananda Gowda should have created a blueprint and presented it in the budget. Clearly, this will affect the prices of commodities."
The decision of the Railways today restores an announcement of May 16, the day Lok Sabha election results came, when the same hike was effected but immediately put on hold. The Railways had then issued a notification effecting hike in passenger fare by 14.2 per cent across the board and freight charges by 6.5 per cent from May 20. This was followed up with an official press release.
The May 16 fare hike decision, which had raised eyebrows as it came in the midst of Lok Sabha election results, led to a scurry of activities in Rail Bhawan on that day and the Railway Board went into a huddle to discuss its fallout. Soon after, the red-faced Railway Ministry had put the decision on hold, saying the matter related to the revision will be left to the next government.
The then Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge came out with a statement directing the Board to leave the decision on the hike to the new government. "It is now informed that under the directions of the Minister of Railways Mallikarjun Kharge, the decision on the proposed hike in the freight charges and passenger fares have been kept pended till further advice for placing this proposal before the new government," the statement said. A fresh notification was issued later, stating that the "revision of fares with effect from May 20 should be pended till further advice."
OneIndia News (with inputs from PTI)
