Private bus operators in the State will go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday midnight demanding revision in bus fares against the backdrop of the rising fuel prices.
The operators are demanding that the minimum fare be hiked to ₹12 from ₹8, student concession to ₹6 from ₹2 and per km rate to ₹1.10. The fares were last revised when the diesel price was ₹62 a litre.
“Now the diesel price has reached an all-time high of ₹95 a litre and there is no point in operating services incurring huge losses,” says Lawrence Babu, general secretary, Kerala State Private Bus Operators’ Federation.
