Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation puts Namma Metro price hike on hold

ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ದರ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳವನ್ನು ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಾಗಿ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿ.

Namma Metro fare hike kept on hold. For more details pl check the Media Release pic.twitter.com/NQ330tmy2I

— ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ (@OfficialBMRCL) February 8, 2026

The proposed increase had come exactly one year after fares were raised by an average of 51.55 per cent before discounts and 46.39 per cent after discounts in February 2025, a move that drew sharp criticism from commuters, urban mobility experts, and opposition parties.

While Congress and BJP leaders blamed each other for the hike, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said he spoke with Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who said he would direct officials to keep the proposed hike on hold.

Surya wrote on X: “As assured, BMRCL has put the proposed Metro fare hike on hold from tomorrow. A victory for the people of Bengaluru who have opposed this unjust increase for over a year. I thank Hon’ble MoHUA Minister Shri Khattar Ji and the Government of India for their timely intervention to withhold the State Govt’s anti-people proposal. This is only a temporary relief. The State Government must restore shadow cash support as done by earlier Govt’s and seek a new Fare Fixation Committee for a fair, scientific, and transparent revision. The fight for affordable public transport in Bengaluru continues. ”

According to a BMRCL official, the proposal would again be discussed before FFC and the report would be submitted to the centre citing the reasons and necessity for the hike.

“The revision of fare is part of an automatic formula prescribed by the Fare Fixation Committee, and it does not require government approvals or clearance. This is has to be enforced, which helps the revenue to grow amid inflation and increase of expenditure. It is also done in the view to develop further projects,” a BMRCL official had told The Indian Express a day before the announcement of hike.