Ahmedabad, 28 March 2013

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced hike in non-AC and AC Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) fares from 1st April 2013.

The AMC in its statement said: In last 3.5 years, diesel price has gone up 10 to 12 times. Diesel price per liter which was Rs 35.40 per liter in 2008-09, is now Rs 64.54 per liter in February 2013 which shows 82% increase. At present BRTS buses are operated through bus operators, and as per the tender condition, they have to be allowed to hike the fare whenever diesel price goes up. To cut down the loss and to make the company sustainable the state government has given approval to decide formula based fare. Proposed fare hike will increase Amdavad Janmarg Limited revenue by 20-25%. Details of proposed hike are following:

Present basic fare to new non-AC fare and AC fare
Rs 2 to Rs 4 and Rs 5
Rs 5 to Rs 8 and Rs 10
Rs 6 to Rs 10 and Rs 13
Rs 8 to Rs 14 and Rs 18
Rs 9 to Rs 15 and Rs 19
Rs 11 to Rs 19 and Rs 24
Rs 12 to Rs 20 and Rs 25
Rs 14 to Rs 24 and Rs 30
Rs 15 to Rs 25 and Rs 31
Rs 17 to Rs 29 and Rs 36
Rs 19 to Rs 32 and Rs 40
Rs 21 to Rs 36 and Rs 45

BRTS is functional on 61 km route of Amdavad. Everyday 1.40 lakh passengers travel in BRTS. Daily income of BRTS is Rs 10.65 lakh. There are total 118 buses at present in BRTS fleet. 30 of them are Air conditioned buses. Amdavad Janmarg Limited started BRTS service on 14 October 2009. Ticket fares were decided as per the diesel prices effective at that time.

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