In less than ten days of hiking bus fares, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has slapped one more fare hike on passengers.
This time the increase was imposed as passenger cess in the range of ₹5 to ₹10 in addition to the prevailing fares for express, deluxe, super luxury, Rajadhani, Garuda and Garuda Plus services. The cess came into effect from Sunday to raise money for creating passenger amenities at bus stations and other facilities of the corporation.
The RTC sources said the amenities proposed include special seating, tables and fans at rest rooms and improvements to reservation counters, cloak rooms and toilets. The government had earlier given permission to the corporation to collect Re 1 per passenger towards the cess but the sum was raised further in view of spiralling prices.
