Bhubaneswar: The decline in diesel prices has encouraged the state government to reduce bus costs from various categories on Saturday.
Official notifications, issued by the State Transport Authority, said the tariff has decreased due to the price reduction per liter of diesel from Rs 102.34 on October 16 to Rs 91.61 as on Saturday.
This has caused prices to decrease with the same amount as Rs 10.73 directly and Rs 10.56 in the cumulative (including carry over), he added.
The ordinary and express category bus fares are reduced by five Paise per km, while the Deluxe and AC Deluxe bus rates decrease 10 Paise per km.
The Super Premium Category Bus Rates have decreased by 15 Paise per km.
Ordinary buses will burden 87 Paise per km compared to their previous rate of 92 Paise per km.
The Express bus will charge 91 Paise per km against the previous rate of 96 Paise per km.
Similarly, Deluxe and AC Deluxe bus fares have been reduced to Rs 1.25 per km and each Rs 1.53 per km.
For super premium buses, passengers must pay Rs 2.38 per km with the previous level of Rs 2.53 per km.
If a passenger wants to travel Rourkela from Bhubaneswar (around 335km) on a normal bus, he needs to pay Rs 291 from Saturday and so on with the previous rates of RS 308.
This tariff is now Rs 305 for the Express Bus, RS 419 for the Deluxe category, RS 513 For AC Deluxe and RS 797 for the Super Premium Category Bus.
Debendra Sahu, Secretary General of the Association of Private Bus Owners, said: “The bus rates have declined according to the mechanism of revising automatic rates.
Bus rates are increased by one Paisa for each rise of Rs 2 in the price of fuel.
It also functions upside down if diesel.
Prices are reduced.” He said the two centers and countries must reduce excise taxes and VAT on diesel to reduce gasoline and diesel prices.
On October 16, the normal and express category bus rates were enhanced by three Paise per km, while Deluxe bus rates and Deluxe AC increased six Paise per km.
The Super Premium Category Bus Rates increased nine Paise per km.
Bus rates in Odisha fell after a decline in fuel prices
