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Private bus fares surge several-fold in Delhi for Diwali travel
The Story in Brief
Travellers heading home for Diwali from Delhi are facing private bus fares several times higher than normal. Sleeping-class tickets to Lucknow have reached Rs 7,999 and air-conditioned sleeper tickets to Patna are being booked for Rs 9,999, against routine fares of a few hundred to a couple of thousand rupees.
The surge follows a lack of confirmed train tickets on routes including Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Patna, Chandigarh and Bhopal. Online booking platforms show the inflated prices days before the festival.
Indian Opinion Analysis
This price surge hits a specific traveller hardest: the one who cannot get a train ticket and must rely on private buses for the Diwali journey home. The online booking platforms show fares that are effectively a deterrent for many low- and middle-income passengers. The article names routes from Delhi to six major cities but does not say whether the government has taken any fare-control measure or whether any additional trains have been announced. That silence leaves the affected passenger without a clear next step beyond paying the quoted price or postponing travel.
Source: amarujala.com
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