“Even High School students calculate better than BMRCL,” says MP Tejasvi Surya on metro fare hike

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya writes to BMRCL over alleged “glaring mathematical mistakes” in metro fare revision, urging immediate rectification of inflated fares affecting commuters.

Bengaluru commuters may soon see relief after Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya raised serious concerns over the recent metro fare hike, claiming it was based on “glaring mathematical errors” by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL).

In a letter to BMRCL, Surya highlighted that the fare revision implemented by the metro authority inflated prices to an illogical 105%, whereas the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) recommendation, if calculated correctly, would have resulted in an increase of just 50-55%.

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The MP cited a glaring example: maintenance and administration costs, which BMRCL claimed had risen by 366%, were actually up by around 118.5%. The error reportedly stemmed from a wrong base-year calculation and using a figure “alien to the available data.” This miscalculation caused the 23.7% intended increase to be wrongly reported as 73.16%, inflating the overall fare hike to over 105%.

Surya criticized the FFC for merely noting that the 105% hike was “on the higher side” and arbitrarily reducing it to 51.55% without documented reasoning. Despite even this arbitrary adjustment, BMRCL implemented fares that, on some frequently used routes, went up by 82%, exceeding committee recommendations.

Even High School students do better mathematical calculations than what BMRCL did for fare revision.

Have written to the Managing Director of @OfficialBMRCL to address and rectify the anomalies in the revised metro fare structure.

The FFC report, which was released by BMRCL… pic.twitter.com/91fDrkAl6h

— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) October 9, 2025

The MP stressed that such errors are not just mathematical oversights but have a direct impact on daily commuters, forcing them to pay far higher than justified. He has urged BMRCL to revisit the fare calculations, correct discrepancies, and ensure fares reflect accurate computation as per FFC guidelines.

With Bengaluru Metro serving millions of commuters, the demand for a transparent and accurate fare structure has grown louder. 

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