Punjab govt to bypass Centre fuel hike, directs transport bodies to buy diesel from retail pumps
Press Trust of India: Chandigarh, Jan 21 2013, 01:37 IST
while Punjab Roadways has 1,800 buses running on inter-state and intra-state routes.
Describing the Centre;s decision of charging bulk consumers for diesel at market rate as “irrational”, state transport undertakings of Punjab had said that this move would “kill” the public transport services as their operating cost would go up by about 25 per cent.
The state transport bodies had also expressed apprehension that they would not be able to compete with private bus operators which buy diesel from retail fuel pumps.
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