Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of the Regional Transport Authority K.V. Rajendra on Monday said that private city and service bus operators have to maintain status quo with regard to bus fares till the authority holds a meeting. Dr. Rajendra said that a meeting with bus operators here decided to keep in abeyance the […]

Mangaluru : Office bearers of DK Private Bus Owners Association, of private and city buses in Mangaluru, will meet the Deputy Commissioner on Monday and indicate their willingness to resume services with 25% increase in fares. Association President Dilraj Alva told that, the fare hike was necessary in the face of increased diesel prices and […]

Udupi: After  Covid Lockdown the  DK and Udupi districts private service buses will start from June 1 and will be full-fledged within a week, said Rajavarma Ballal, president of the Canara Bus Owners’ Association. He said this while speaking at a news conference on Saturday in view of the Central government’s guidelines allowing resumption of bus […]

Mangalore : The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has increased the bus fares for various destinations from Saturday midnight. Further the passengers travelling from Mangalore-Manipal will have to pay the additional Rs 10 on the bus fare, whereas Mangalore-Mulky passengers will have to bear Rs 5 on their ticket fare. As the bus fares […]

Bangalore: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on Saturday announced a 10.50 per cent hike in bus fares to mop up an additional Rs 186.72 crore annually, citing the mounting financial burden imposed by hike in diesel prices. In tandem, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation also announced a modest fare hike ranging from Re 1 to Rs […]

Mangalore: The KSRTC has reduced the fares of its Volvo, Volvo Multi-axle and Rajahamsa bus services with effect from June 18. The revised tariff is as follows-Mangalore- Bangalore Volvo-Rs 550 ( Earlier it was Rs 640), Mangalore- Bangalore Rajahamsa- Rs 400 (Rs 450 earlier), Mangalore-Mumbai Volvo multi-axle Rs 950 (Rs 1500) Mangalore –Manipal Rs 75( […]

Mangalore: Rajavarma Ballal, a bus owner running city services daily, is not happy with the hike of “14 paise per km” in the recent revised fares applicable tomorrow(Sept.15), Thursday), as he feels it “is measly when you compare the cost of operation per km”. Isn’t city transport bus service a service to the people, Ballalji? […]

Mangalore: DK-RTA has permitted a revised bus fare list for private busses running in city limits with effects from Thursday, Sept.15. These rates are also applicable to service and express buses on rural service. K.Rajavarma Ballal, a bus-owner and chief of Canara bus-owners’ Association made the announcement, with P.Bhaskar Salian, general secretary, present on Monday. […]