To,
The Bangalore Metro Rail Company Restricted,
third Flooring, BMTC Advanced,
Okay.H.Highway Shanthinagar,
Bengaluru 560027
Date: Jan 15, 2025
SUBJECT: Rollback fare hike beneficial by the fare fixation committee for Bangalore Metro
As per current media experiences and a number of sources, primarily based on the fare fixation committee’s advice, BMRCL is ready to approve 40-45 per cent fare hike in Bangalore Metro. The bottom fare is anticipated to rise to fifteen and the utmost fare to 85 rupees. Additionally in 2017, Bangalore Metro elevated the fare by 10-15 per cent and this fare hike which is a big soar from the already current fare in Bangalore Metro will put monetary burden on the passengers utilizing Bangalore Metro for his or her commute. Over time, since its inception Namma Metro has develop into a lifeline for the individuals of Bangalore, permitting them to journey longer distances effectively and at reasonably priced costs. The truth is affordability is likely one of the main components for individuals in Bangalore to make use of Namma metro for his or her commute. There’s a vital share of the inhabitants in Bangalore who use and are depending on Namma Metro due to its affordability and furthermore, already decrease earnings teams in Bangalore don’t use the metro due to its existing fare. Growing metro fares by 40-45 per cent will discourage even the prevailing passengers to not commute by Namma Metro and can in flip result in a big lower in metro ridership just like Delhi Metro the place fare improve led to a lower in ridership. Further reductions throughout off-peak hours and Sundays and common reductions of 5 per cent for smartcard and QR code ticket customers wouldn’t assist a lot in decreasing the overall journey value for Namma metro customers.
As Bangalore metropolis is dealing with acute visitors congestion as a result of growing variety of non-public automobiles, environment friendly and reasonably priced public transport turns into essential to fulfil the mobility wants of the individuals of Bangalore. Public transport is a sustainable supply of mobility and as our cities have gotten chambers of local weather change and growing air air pollution ranges, there’s a have to make public transport extra reasonably priced and accessible to encourage extra individuals to make use of it slightly than making it costly and unaffordable for a majority of the inhabitants.
Namma Metro is a public transport aimed to satisfy the mobility necessities of individuals at an reasonably priced value. Whereas fares assist contribute to the income era in public transport, there’s a requirement of devoted funding for public transport which might cowl operational, upkeep and infrastructural prices slightly than such bills being borne by the passengers. Namma Metro must also actively search out monetary assist from the Karnataka authorities in addition to the union authorities to cowl operational and upkeep prices slightly than growing the metro fares. Additionally, there are a number of massive infrastructure initiatives just like the upcoming tunnel highway mission, development of flyovers and so forth being deliberate in Bangalore that are cost-heavy and require main monetary assist. Whereas the federal government is developing with such initiatives which is able to additional choke Bengaluru metropolis and create large-scale city disaster, investing in public transport and making public transport reasonably priced might help in re-imagining Bengaluru metropolis as a clear, congestion-free and sustainable metropolis.
What we demand:
- Roll again the fare hike in Bangalore metro as proposed by the fare fixation committee.
- Make Bangalore metro extra reasonably priced
- Create a devoted metro fund with annual contributions from each state and nationwide governments. This fund can cowl the operational and upkeep necessities of Bangalore Metro
- Ample time must be offered for public suggestions at any time when a fare hike is proposed.
- Public session involving a number of stakeholders like CSOs, rights primarily based teams, pupil organisations and so forth must be organised earlier than recommending any fare hike.
We sincerely hope that the involved shall take these calls for into consideration and work in the direction of creating an environment friendly public transport system for the town of Bengaluru.
Thanks to your consideration to this vital matter.
Sincerely,
Greenpeace India
