A day after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) slashed the prices of petroleum products, the Department of Transport Management reduced the public transportation fares on Sunday.
The department reduced the fares of public transportation plying in the inter-state with effect from today.
The NOC had slashed the prices of petrol by Rs 20 per liter and diesel and kerosene by Rs 29 per liter.
The department has reduced the public transportation fares by 5. 41 percent.
Similarly, the department has also reduced the fares by 6. 97 percent and 7. 68 percent for cargo carriers serving routes in the hills and the Tarai respectively.