Hyderabad: Starting tomorrow, passengers in Greater Hyderabad will have to pay higher fares on city buses, as the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has announced additional charges on all types of services. According to TGSRTC, city ordinary, metro express, and electric buses (both ordinary and express) will incur an additional charge of ₹5 for the first three phases, while a surcharge of ₹10 will be applicable from the fourth phase.
For Metro Deluxe and Electric-Metro AC services, passengers will have to pay ₹5 for the first phase and ₹10 for all subsequent phases. The new fares will be effective from Monday, October 6. Meanwhile, BSRTC Executive Chairman KTR strongly criticized the fare hike, calling it a burden on ordinary passengers.
‘A straight increase of 10 rupees’
He wrote to X, “City bus fares are being increased not by one, not by two… but by a straight increase of 10 rupees. Revanth Reddy’s decision to empty the pockets of poor middle-class commuters in both cities is wrong.”
KTR further said that at a time when people are already struggling with rising prices of essential commodities, imposing an additional monthly burden of 500 rupees on every passenger is unfair. He said, “The increase in student bus fares and T-24 tickets was already not enough. Now, a 50 percent increase in ticket prices without any mercy on the minimum fare is a proof of Revanth’s incompetent policies.”
Accusation of imposing a daily burden
He accused the Chief Minister of imposing a daily burden of approximately 1 crore rupees on the residents of Hyderabad and said that instead of strengthening the financially struggling TGSRTC, the government’s intention to extract as much money as possible from the people is unforgivable.
TGSRTC statement
Explaining the rationale behind the increase, the corporation said the decision was necessary to meet the growing financial burden of maintaining and expanding the city’s electric bus infrastructure. The TGSRTC statement said, “There are 25 depots in Greater Hyderabad. We currently operate 265 electric buses and are adding 275 more this year. Charging stations with high-tension power connections have been installed in six depots at a cost of Rs 8 crore per depot.”
