Private bus fare to peak up by 10 to 15 percent

August 18, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 18: After the notification by the government of Karnataka, the private bus fare will shoot up by 10 to 15 per cent from August 20 onwards. Following continuous hike in diesel price, the state government has given nod to the proposed bus fare hike upto 25 per cent.

President of State private bus owners association K Rajavarma Ballal speaking with media persons here on Saturday announced that state government has given permission to increase the bus fare up to 25 per cent but considering the convenience of the passengers the Association has decided to hike only 10 to 15 per cent.

"Since there is hike in diesel price we need to revise bus fares to manage stability.

To avoid heavy burden on passengers association decided to increase 10 to 15 percent of bus fare in state. But, diesel price is expected to hike by another Rs 15 by next year," K Rajavarma Ballal said.

Now private bus fare between Mangalore-Udupi is Rs 50 and Tuesady onwards it will be Rs 55 and private city bus which is Rs 6 at present will be increased for Rs 7, he stated.

Radio Frequency Identity card service in Dakshina Kannada

Speaking about facilities for daily travelers between Kundapur-Mangalore K Rajavarma Ballal said 'with the concession of 35 percent a new swipe card will be given for regular passengers. Passengers need to pay for the card in advance and recharge it as per their need. This facility is available for students also. Soon service will be extended between Mangalore-Moodbidri-Karkala route and Kinnigoli- Kateel- Mangalore too, he announced.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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