Delhi’s Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to form a nine-member panel to study the financial health of the city’s metro authority and the “rationale” behind increasing the fares.
The revision in fares from October 10 – the second this year – has been opposed by the Aam Aadmi Party government, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling it “anti-people”.
The motion to form the committee was moved by AAP legislator Somnath Bharti. The members of the committee will be nominated by Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. The resolution stated: “This House agrees to constitute a nine-member committee to be nominated by the Speaker to look into the rationale behind the hike in tariff by the DMRC, financial health of the DMRC and other related issues. The Speaker shall also determine the specific terms and conditions for the committee.”
During the discussion in the Assembly, Shiromani Akali Dal legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the fare hike was “sad” and said the AAP government had not taken “any step in time to prevent it”, The Hindu reported.
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