“As people are showing little interest in using public transport on major routes owing to COVID-19 and as prices offered by the private players on major routes are relatively lesser than that offered by NEKRTC, the 10 % additional charge imposed on these routes during the weekend is withdrawn to attract more passengers,” Managing Director of NEKRTC M. Kurma Rao said in a media release.
Passengers travelling in NEKRTC (North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation) busses will now have to pay a slightly less ticket price as the Corporation has announced withdrawal of percent additional charge that the corporation was collecting from passengers travelling during the weekend.
“As people are showing little interest in using public transport on major routes owing to COVID-19 and as prices offered by the private players on major routes are relatively lesser than that offered by NEKRTC, the 10 % additional charge imposed on these routes during the weekend is withdrawn to attract more passengers,” Managing Director of NEKRTC M. Kurma Rao said in a media release.
NEKRTC also said that the additional charge will remain withdrawn till December 31, 2020. NEKRTC had imposed a 10 percent additional charge on major routes for buses leaving the originating station on Fridays and destination stations on Sundays. NEKRTC runs busses in Kalyana Karnataka region.
