Overview
- Minimum fare doubled to ₹10 and a monthly pass now costs ₹1,500 up from ₹900 under the first price revision in 12 years.
- PMPML recorded ₹1.97 crore in revenue on June 1, outperforming its average daily earnings by ₹55 lakh despite scaled-down Sunday services.
- Some commuters, including a daily rider who praised cleaner and punctual buses, welcome the changes, but many students and low-income travelers cite financial hardship.
- Of the authority’s 1,650-bus fleet, 1,554 were deployed on the fare hike’s launch day even though about 1,000 scheduled trips did not run.
- The operator faces a cumulative ₹3,863.1 crore loss over the past decade and relies on contractor-run buses, with concessions for seniors and students remaining intact.