No order to roll back metro fare hike: BMRCL sources
Bengaluru (PTI): There have been no directions to roll back the revised metro rail fares, which are set to come into effect from Monday, sources in the BMRCL said on Sunday.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited had recently announced a fare hike ranging from Re 1 to Rs 5.
"We have not received any direction to roll back Metro fares. Therefore, whatever was announced earlier will hold," a BMRCL official told PTI.
BJP MP from Bengaluru South, Tejasvi Surya, on Saturday said that Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar had instructed officials to temporarily put the proposed Metro fare hike in the city on hold.
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Surya said the union minister also assured a personal review of anomalies in the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) and added that a fresh committee could be considered if the state government requested it.
Earlier in the day, Surya interacted with Metro rail commuters and sought their views on the fare hike.
Later, speaking to reporters, he said commuters were upset over frequent fare revisions.
The BJP MP alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar were "misleading the public by blaming the Centre for the fare hike."
Surya demanded the constitution of a Fare Fixation Committee (FFC).
Meanwhile, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy blamed the state government for the Metro fare hike.
"After increasing Metro fares, the state government is passing the buck to the Centre, which is untrue," the JD(S) second-in-command told reporters in Mysuru.
He alleged that despite the Centre asking the state government not to implement the hike, it was insisting on going ahead with it.
Kumaraswamy further charged that the state government was unwilling to maintain a good relationship with the Centre for the implementation of Central schemes and policies.
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3 dead, 1 injured as car overturns in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu
Jaipur (PTI): Three men were killed and another injured after a car overturned on Mandrella Road in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred when a stray animal came in front of the moving car, due to which the driver lost control over the vehicle, they said.
"The vehicle overturned, jumped several metres and fell into a farm. Three men travelling in the car died on the spot, while one was critically injured," the police said.
The deceased were identified as Vijay, Gaurav and Sunil, all residents of Jhunjhunu. The injured, Jitendra, was given primary treatment and later referred to Jaipur in a critical condition.
The police said the victims were returning from a bhajan programme in Sonasar.
