Private bus operators in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Tuesday said that they may have to increase the prices by around 30 per cent due to the diesel price rise.

The move comes in the backdrop of rising fuel prices across the country. Pushkar Luley, joint secretary of the Bus Owners and Travel Agents Welfare Association, highlighting the problems of transporters, said, “The diesel price is hovering around Rs 100 per litre, and the difficulties in getting diesel have forced bus owners to ply fewer buses,” reported the PTI.