Transport fare down
KATHMANDU, JUNE 27: The government has decreased the public transport fare on the inter-province route. The fare of passenger and goods carrier vehicles was slashed based on the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)'s decision last week to decrease the price of diesel and petrol.
. The Department of Transport Management slashed the fare of passenger vehicles by 5.41 percent on the rate of fare fixed before this. As per the new transport fare fixed by the Department, the transport fare of goods carrier vehicles operating on hilly roads has been decreased by 6.97 percent and that of goods carrier vehicles operating on the Tarai roads by 7.68 percent.
According to the scientific fare adjustment system, the transport fare is automatically adjusted if the fuel price rises or falls five percent or more. The transport fare had been adjusted on June 20 before this.
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