Bihar and Purvanchal Lakhs of migrants are spread in every corner of the country in search of jobs, wages and small businesses. People living in these areas are forced to migrate in order to make ends meet on June 2. After working hard throughout the year, they go home every year on Diwali and Chhath, but even at this time, their helplessness is taken advantage of. Let us tell you that this time also the picture has not changed. Train tickets are not available for traveling on Diwali and Chhath. Special trains are being announced continuously by the Railways but they are not visible enough. Private bus players and aviation companies are taking full advantage of the non-availability of train tickets. There has already been an increase of 3 to 4 times in bus and plane tickets. More increase will be seen as the date approaches.
Air ticket from Delhi to Patna becomes costlier by 15 times
Generally the fare from Delhi to Patna ranges between Rs 3000 to Rs 4500 on normal days. Tickets are easily available at this rate. But if you are booking tickets for Diwali and Chhath, you will be shocked to see the ticket rates. Let us tell you that the fare for any day from October 21 to November 5 is not less than Rs 12,000. In many planes this fare is up to Rs 45 thousand. That means, if you want to go home any day from Diwali to Chhath, you will have to shell out money. It is not that only the fare from Delhi to Patna is skyrocketing. If you take a flight from Mumbai to Patna, Darbhanga, Bengaluru to Darbhanga or any other city, you are being charged hefty fares. You can easily check the fare through Google. The biggest irony is that airlines are charging arbitrary fares but there is no control on this by DGCA.
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Bus and private taxi drivers are also not behind
Sensing the urgency of the situation, bus and private taxi drivers are not lagging behind. He is also charging arbitrary fare from Delhi to many cities of Bihar. On normal days, the fare from Delhi to Bihar ranges between Rs 1600 to Rs 2000. In view of Diwali and Chhath, an increase of Rs 3500 to Rs 5000 is being charged. Private taxi drivers are also charging ridiculously. Meanwhile, brokers have also become very active. They are charging huge sums to send people home after getting them tickets. Hundreds of brokers are active these days at Delhi and Anand Vihar railway stations. The helpless passenger wants to go home under any circumstances. What to do if he does?
Passengers say- I don’t understand what to do
We talked to many travelers living around us who are preparing to go home on Diwali and Chhath. He said that due to the availability of limited number of trains, the arbitrariness of airplanes and private luxury buses has increased. Arbitrary fare is being charged from passengers. Passengers are upset due to uneven increase in fares. They are not able to understand how to go home? If they buy such expensive tickets, their entire budget will be ruined.
