Rajasthan Transport Corporation increase bus fare

Jaipur, Feb 18(UNI) Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation(RSRTC) has effected a marginal hike of two paisa per Km for passengers travelling by its ordinary, superfast and semi delux buses from today.

A RSRTC Spokesman said here the hike was intended to neutralize the recent increase in fuel prices.

He said the hike would lead to an increase in the fare by Rs 2 for passengers for journey of 100 Kms, Rs 5 for 250 Kms journey and so on.

He said despite the hike, the bus fares in RSRTC buses would stay much lower than prevailing fares in buses of other states including Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

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