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The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has clarified that determination has been nary summation successful the fare of its mean monthly autobus pass, adjacent arsenic it introduced caller passes for commuters travelling beyond the city’s expanded operational limits
In a property merchandise issued connected Monday, BMTC stated that the Karnataka authorities has progressively extended its jurisdiction successful effect to increasing transport needs. Initially constricted to astir 20 km beyond metropolis limits, the operational country was expanded to 25 km successful 2014 and further extended up to 40 km beyond the limits of the Greater Bengaluru Authority successful January 2026.
“With this expansion, BMTC services present screen distances of up to 65–70 km from the metropolis centre, connecting cardinal surrounding towns specified arsenic Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Channapatna, Magadi, Chikkaballapura and Malur. The determination has importantly improved connectivity for thousands of regular commuters travelling betwixt Bengaluru and adjacent districts,” the merchandise stated.
To streamline operations, BMTC has categorised its work country into 2 zones: the “Limited Area” covering up to 40 km, and the “Extended Area” beyond that. While each existing passes stay valid wrong the Limited Area without immoderate alteration successful fare, the corp has introduced “Ordinary Extended Area” daily, play and monthly passes from June 2, 2026, specifically for longer-distance routes.
BMTC information amusement that betwixt June 2 and June 21, implicit 60,000 mean monthly passes were sold, compared with a comparatively tiny fig of extended-area passes. The corp emphasised that this intelligibly indicates continued reliance connected the existing monthly walk and reiterated that its fare remains unchanged.
Dismissing reports of a fare hike arsenic “factually incorrect”, BMTC stated that the caller extended passes are intended solely for the convenience of passengers travelling longer distances and bash not enforce immoderate further fiscal load connected those commuting wrong the metropolis limits.
