Bengaluru, Feb 28 (IANS) Karnataka BJP legislators met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday and demanded a reduction in metro fare hike. Siddaramaiah met with the BJP legislators at his official residence Cauvery in Bengaluru and assured discussion on the metro fare hike reduction. “Regarding the demand to further reduce metro fares, the Chief Minister responded … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Following the steep hike in ticket price, the Bengaluru Metro Commuters’ Forum is mulling to issue a boycott call on travelling in the Metro. Sources confirmed that the decision is being made not to use the Metro services for one day or up to a week. Sources further revealed that the … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) Sixteen Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers have been booked for staging a protest against the price hike by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), police said. The police said that an FIR was registered at the Cottonpet Police in Bengaluru as the ABVP workers had staged a protest without … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 14 (IANS) The Janata Dal (Secular) held a massive protest at Freedom Park on Friday, demanding an immediate rollback of the metro fare hike. Party leaders and workers, led by JD(S) Bengaluru unit president H.M. Ramesh Gowda, raised slogans against the metro administration and warned of intensified agitation if the fare hike was … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 11 (IANS) Under fire over fare hike in Bengaluru Metro, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah came down heavily on the opposition BJP, charging that the party is misleading the public by spreading distorted information. Clarifying to the media in this regard in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah said, “In light of the opposition to the … Read more
Ahmedabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Metro commuters in the city will now have to shell out more as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has implemented a fare hike of nearly 50 per cent. The revision, based on recommendations from the Fare Fixation Committee, marks one of the biggest increases in recent years. For the … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Tejasvi Surya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bangalore South, on Tuesday raised concerns over the recent Bengaluru Metro fare hike in the Lok Sabha, urging a thorough review of the pricing structure. Speaking to IANS, Surya described the fare increase as a “major burden” on Bengaluru’s commuters and … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Demanding immediate rollback of the Metro fare hike, a BJP delegation met with the Metro MD M. Maheshwar Rao on Monday, condemning the steepest metro fare hike in the country. Speaking to the media persons after the meeting, Bengaluru MLA Ravi Subramanya stated, “Metro is a public service sector, not a … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) Stating that the government had no role in the Namma metro fare hike, Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that it would be decided by a Central committee headed by a judge. Shivakumar stated in Bengaluru, “A Central committee headed by a judge has submitted its recommendations. The … Read more
