Bengaluru, Nov. 4 -- Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday raised serious concerns regarding the recent fare hike implemented by the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), calling it "unjustified and burdensome" for daily commuters.
During a review meeting earlier, Surya pointed out a major computational error in BMRCL's determination of the base year for maintenance and administrative (M&A) costs, which form the basis of the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) report.
The MP noted that while the FFC report should have considered M&A costs for 2017-18, BMRCL instead used data from 2016-17 when requesting the fare revision.
According to Surya, this incorrect calculation has led to inflated fares, causing commuters to pay an est...