VB Fact-Check: Viral tweet showing hike in KSRTC ticket prices false, confirms KSRTC
Bengaluru: A viral tweet is doing rounds on social media, asking whether there has been a significant increase in ticket fares by the state operator KSRTC following the introduction of the free travel scheme. The tweet, posted by user @sAnand1405, questions the extent of the price rise, which appears to contradict the Congress government's decision to implement the "Shakthi" Yojana, offering free travel for women on KSRTC and BMTC buses.
The Viral Tweet!
The user @sAnand1405 shared a tweet featuring a photograph of two different tickets issued on the Virajpete-Mysuru route. The tickets displayed varying fares, with one ticket indicating a price of Rs 121 distributed on 22nd April, and the other ticket showing a fare of Rs 130 distributed on 3rd June.
The user further questioned whether this was an increase done by the Congress Govt in conjunction with the newly formed government’s decision to implement 5 guarantees including the free travel for women.
The user wrote in the tweet, “Is this true? Can anyone confirm? Bus fares gone up since the bitti govt took office?”
Is this true?
— Sanjeev (@SAnand1405) June 4, 2023
Can anyone confirm?
Bus fares gone up since the bitti govt took office? pic.twitter.com/vT36fzcc9z
Fact-Check: KSRTC fares have not gone up, fares mistakenly set in electronic ticketing machines
Speaking to the Vartha Bharathi a KSRTC official confirmed that there were no rise in fares operated by the state owned KSRTC. Both the buses were operated by two different divisions and were traveling to Napoklu in Madikeri.
As seen in the photo of the tickets, the first ticket shows Harohalli depot in Ramanagara division and the second shows Hunsur division.
Meanwhile, the actual fare for the ticket from Virajpete to Mysuru, as well as in the opposite direction, is Rs 130, said the official. “The bus from Ramanagara division and another from Harohalli depot operate two buses on the same route, which is bound to Napoklu in Madikeri, the fare for this particular journey from Virajpete to Mysuru was intended to be Rs 130. However, due to an error while entering the fares into the Electronic Ticketing Machine (ETM), it was mistakenly set as Rs 121. Altough, instead of collecting Rs 130 that is the actual fare we have collected less on that particular trip operated on 22 April, which was unintentional and was a mistake,” confirmed the official.
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Fire in Delhi's Paschim Vihar claims one life, two injured
New Delhi (PTI): A woman was killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out in a residential flat in Paschim Vihar area, an official of Delhi Fire Services said on Monday.
The incident occurred in the new slum flats in Paschim Puri area.
"The fire department received the call at approximately 10:27 pm and dispatched three fire tenders to the scene. The fire, confined to domestic articles in a second-floor flat of the ground-plus-three-storey building, was brought under control," said Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg.
The DFS chief said the firefighters found the charred body of a woman in the flat.
Her identity is yet to be confirmed. The body was handed over to police for further investigation, he added.
Two others were rescued by the DFS team with burns and were immediately rushed to Acharya Bhikshu Hospital.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
