Sankranti Yatra: Badu Badudu during the festival..! Heavy ticket charges, vertical exploitation in private tours

In the backdrop of Sankranti, ticket prices have been arbitrarily increased two-three times and money is being extorted. The state transport department, which is responsible for controlling it, is silent. This will not affect the pockets of passengers.

Huge increase..!

Private travel owners are charging Rs 800 to Rs 1000 extra on each ticket. Generally, a ticket from Guntur to Hyderabad costs around Rs 450 for non AC service, Rs 500 for AC service and Rs 650 to Rs 750 for sleeper AC service.

Ticket price from Hyderabad to Guntur is around Rs 500 for non AC service, Rs 550 for AC service, Rs 600 to Rs 750 for sleeper AC service (Rs 1,000 for some services). But in view of Sankranti, ticket prices have been increased significantly. An additional fee of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 is being charged on each ticket.

Same is the situation with private tours in different parts of the state. The respective journeys display the increased fares on their respective online websites. Based on the increased fares, each ticket from Guntur to Hyderabad will cost Rs 1,200 to Rs 2,000 for non-AC service, Rs 1,300 to Rs 2,800 for AC service and Rs 1,400 to Rs 3,000. Sleeper AC Service.

Each ticket from Hyderabad to Guntur is priced between Rs 1,400 to Rs 1,700 for non-AC service, Rs 1,600 to Rs 2,900 for AC service and Rs 1,800 to Rs 3,100 for sleeper AC service.

This has simultaneously increased to Rs 4 thousand..!

A ticket from Hyderabad to Srikakula usually costs Rs 1,800. But now passengers say that it is up to Rs 4000 thousand. Apart from this, the ticket from Machilipatnam to Srikakulam in the state is Rs 800 on normal days. Now it has been increased to Rs 1500. In other states, private tours to Sontur from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and other parts of the state have started the Badude Badude program.

There are criticisms that the private travel owners in this case are syndicates. Despite this, the transport department is being criticized for not paying attention.

Thousands of people from every district of Andhra Pradesh are working in Hyderabad. They all are getting ready to go to their hometown for Sankranti festival which is the biggest festival of Andhra Pradesh. The special services provided by the government and the Railways are also not sufficient. Tickets have already been booked. Due to this, people have to depend on private travel. Due to this the prices of private travels are increasing. There are criticisms that the government administration does not care at all about this.

Report: Jagadishwar Rao Jarajapu, Hindustan Times Telugu.