Mangaluru: Some political parties have united and opposed the increase in private bus rates in the city, and decided to protest, blocking the road, distributing pamphlets and carrying out a door-to-door campaign, if the district administration did not do it back the same.
There will also be a need for the early Dakshina Kannada District Transport Transport Authority Meeting, said Sunil Kumar Bajal, CPM District Secretary, Dakshina Kannada.
He handled the media here on Wednesday, along with party parties from Congress, JD, Dyfi, Dalit and other organizations.
He said they had decided to fight unite to oppose the increase in personal bus rates.
“It is unfair to increase bus rates with more than 25%.
As a result of this steep increase, the poor, most of which depend on the public transport system, have been beaten.
They must set aside about 25% of their daily savings on bus rates.
condemned the hasty decisions taken by the district government.
Those who have been hit by the Covid-19 crisis, have been made again because of the increase in bus fees, “he said.
Members of the political party mention notification of recent bus rates is not scientific.
The first two-stage bus rates are similar to the KSRTC bus rates.
In the rural bus service, the first stage distance is 4 km, and now it has been reduced to half.