RT by @Smitha912713: : Three weeks before Ayudha Puja, passengers booking private buses from the city for the holiday are seeing fares as high as ₹4,999 to Kodaikanal, up to ₹3,500 for Ooty, a

#Chennai : Three weeks before Ayudha Puja, passengers booking private buses from the city for the holiday are seeing fares as high as ₹4,999 to Kodaikanal, up to ₹3,500 for Ooty, and exceeding 3,000 on some other popular routes. ℹ️ @TOIIndiaNews Transport officials said they were unaware of the surge in private bus fares. “We will verify and initiate action,” an official said. All Omni Bus Owners Association ( @OMNIBUSOWNERS ) president A Anbalagan said the lack of a uniform fare structure was the main problem. The association has around 400 members among nearly 600 private bus operators, he said. AOBOA’s fare caps are ₹2,880 for Chennai–Kodaikanal, ₹2,980 for Chennai–Ooty and ₹2,880 for Chennai–Coimbatore. “We try to regulate fares, but new operators keep emerging,” he said. Operators have been asked to reduce prices, he added. Why cant there be a central regulation initiated for fare cap @MORTHIndia @nitin_gadkari @tnstaofficial @News18TamilNadu @news7tamil @tn_updatess @ZeeTamil Source: https://x.com/SurajyaAbhiyan/status/2106960144592666899