By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The State Transport Authority Odisha on Saturday hikes Bus fares across all categories under the automatic mechanism following hike in fuel price. The revised fares came into effect from Saturday.
Fares for ordinary and express buses have been increased by 3 paise to 92 paise and 96 paise per km, respectively. Besides, passengers will have to pay 6 paise more to travel in deluxe and AC deluxe buses as the fares have been increased to 135 paise and 163 paise per km, respectively. For super premium buses, the charges have been increased by 12 paise to 253 paise per km.
Meanwhile, Fuel rates rallied to their highest ever levels across the country on October 16, as petrol prices increased by 30 to 35 paise per litre and diesel prices hiked by 33 to 37 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of ₹105.49 a litre and ₹111.43 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. In Mumbai, diesel now comes for ₹102.15 a litre; while in Delhi, it costs ₹94.22.
This is the third straight day of 35 paise per litre increase in petrol and diesel prices. There was no change in rates on October 12 and 13.
Petrol and diesel have been priced at ₹106.10 and ₹97.33 respectively in West Bengal’s Kolkata and ₹102.70 and ₹98.59 in Chennai respectively.
In Bengaluru, petrol is available at ₹109.16 per litre and diesel at ₹100.00 and in Hyderabad, one litre of petrol is now available at ₹109.73 and diesel cost ₹102.80 for one litre of diesel.
While petrol price in most of the country is already above ₹100-a-litre mark, diesel rates have crossed that level in a dozen states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka and Leh. Prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.
