May 18: The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has decreased the fare of passenger and goods vehicles under the inter-province public transport. The DoTM slashed the public transport fare on Wednesday after the Nepal Oil Corporation reduced the price of diesel effective from 12 midnight on Tuesday.    
Issuing a notice on Wednesday, the DoTM said that the public transport fare has been automatically adjusted based on the fuel price.    

It is stated in the notice that the fare of passenger transport vehicles has been reduced by 3.20 percent. Similarly, the fare of cargo vehicles operated in the hill route has been decreased by 4.19 percent and that of the goods carrier vehicles operated in Tarai by 4.65 percent. -- RSS