Punjab Transport Department (PTD) has decided to put a new burden on the poor people and took decision to increase fares of non-AC buses by more over 250 percent in view of the rising prices of diesel and petrol.
PTD decided to increase the fares of non-AC buses by more than 250% and new fares for inter and intra-city non-AC bus services will be implemented from April 25.
Fares of the non-AC bus service running between different cities will be increased by 233 to 267 percent.
An increase of up to 267 percent in the fares of non-AC buses and wagons has also been approved.
The current fare of traveling from one to four km is Rs14, which will be Rs47 after an increase of Rs33. Due to increase in fares immediately after Eid-ul-Fitr, it will be expensive for passengers to return to their cities from native towns.
