{"id":50813,"date":"2022-03-04T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/cuk-increase-bus-fare-by-rs-600-at-one-go\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T08:40:07","slug":"cuk-increase-bus-fare-by-rs-600-at-one-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=50813","title":{"rendered":"CUK increase bus fare by Rs 600 at one go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>\u2018Will try to resolve the issue: Registrar<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ganderbal:<\/em><\/strong> The Central University of Kashmir located in Central Kashmir\u2019s Ganderbal district has increased the bus fare by Rs 600 at one go, leaving students high and dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second hike in the span of 7 months.<br \/>In August last year, the CUK increased the bus fare by Rs 150 and now in March Rs 600 have further been increased. A student availing the bus service of the University has to pay Rs 2250 on monthly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is injustice towards us. Already people have suffered badly due to the Covid-19 and now this huge hike in one go has added to our woes,\u201d said a group of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDistance is not a parameter. For every route the fare is the same,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central University of Kashmir offers bus services to students living in far-off places. Earlier the bus fare as per students was reasonable but now it is a burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The buses ply on the routes like Lal Bazar, Khanyar, Nowgam, Hyderpora, Soura etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transport In-charge CUK Mr Sakib said that the decision to increase the bus fare came from the top. \u201cThere is nothing I can do in this regard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Registrar CUK, Ganderbal Mr Muhammad Afzal Zargar told news agency KNT that he understands the problem of the students and he will try to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBus fare was low as we had local funds. Due to paucity of funds, we have increased the fare but this fare is not permanent. You have to understand that the buses we provide do not come from any Ministry or UGC. We charge for fuel consumption only. As the number of students will increase, we will decrease the bus fare,\u201d the Registrar said. (KNT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Will try to resolve the issue: Registrar Ganderbal: The Central University of Kashmir located in Central Kashmir\u2019s Ganderbal district has increased the bus fare by Rs 600 at one go, leaving students high and dry. This is the second hike in the span of 7 months.In August last year, the CUK increased the bus fare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}