Bengaluru, Oct 9 (NationPress) Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya expressed his discontent on Thursday regarding the fare hike proposed by the Managing Director of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), J. Ravishankar, calling it illogical.

He urged for the rectification of the anomalies in the fare structure of Namma Metro.

Surya, who also serves as the President of the BJP National Yuva Morcha, highlighted in his letter that, "Upon reviewing the report, it becomes clear that BMRCL has made significant errors in their calculations, leading to a nonsensical request for a 105 percent fare increase. Commuters, along with urban specialists, have raised concerns regarding several discrepancies in the report. Despite your clarifications, numerous glaring mathematical errors remain, necessitating your immediate attention."

He further criticized the BMRCL and the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) for failing to ensure a fare revision that is both reasonable and affordable, which has resulted in an unfair burden on the common man with fare increases of up to 82 percent on popular routes, again without justification.

Surya pointed out that the error originated from an incorrect calculation of operating expenses in 2017, deviating from the methodology outlined in column 9 of table 3.1 of the report, leading to a figure of 0.38, which is inconsistent with the data presented in the report.

He noted that the percentage increase in maintenance and administration costs, which should have been calculated at 23.7 percent, was mistakenly calculated as 73.16 percent.

Taking to social media platform X, Surya remarked, "Even high school students perform better mathematical calculations than what BMRCL has executed for fare adjustments. I have reached out to the Managing Director of BMRCL to address these discrepancies in the new fare structure."

He added that the FFC report, which was finally released by BMRCL after a lengthy delay and following his intervention in the High Court of Karnataka, contains multiple inaccuracies, some of which are fundamental mathematical errors.

Surya emphasized that BMRCL's illogical fare increase of 105 percent does not align with the recommendations from the FFC. The actual fare increase, when the FFC formula is correctly applied, should be approximately 50-55 percent, he pointed out.

In one striking example, the maintenance and administration costs were reported to have surged by an astonishing 366 percent, while the actual increase should have been around 118.5 percent, Surya concluded.