New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) has suspended the implementation of the yearly fare adjustment, which was slated to take effect on 9 February.

Following the BMRCL decision, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Monday said the decision to put the fare hike on hold was made by the Karnataka government. The deputy CM said he has directed the BMRCL officials to prepare a revised fare structure.

"BMRCL fare increase is based on a formula - OMR cost, existing cost based on CPI, and energy cost. Based on this, I have directed them to come up with a revised fare. In Delhi, for example, security and other things are taken care of by the central government. The cost is very high. I have asked them to recalculate....