The District Transport Offices has hiked the minimum city bus fare in Guwahati.
The directive was issued by the department on September 14.
The minimum bus fare has been fixed at Rs. 10 and the maximum at Rs. 30.
As per the new bus fare, upto 5km the fare is Rs. 10, 5-9km is Rs. 15, 9-13km is Rs. 18, 13-17km is Rs. 22, 17-21km is Rs. 26, 21-25km is Rs. 30.
After 25 km, the fare will be increased by Rs 1 per km.
After pandemic, the city buses were charging Rs. 10 as minimum bus fare however, there was no such official notification made from the department.
Before pandemic the minimum bus fare was fixed at Rs. 7 from Rs. 5 by the DTO.
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