BTS fare jump will harm public, lawmakers say

Lawmakers objecting to City Hall plans to nearly double maximum BTS fares plan to lodge a formal complaint this week.

Though less than the fare-tripling warned of last week, the new cap’s harm to the public would be amplified during the pandemic crisis, Sophon Saram, chairman of the parliamentary transportation committee, said yesterday. Sophon added that his requests for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to explain its logic had been ignored since November.

“The transport committee will invite related agencies this Thursday to oppose the unfair price raise and will file a report to the government as fast as we can, to stop the people from suffering,” said Sophon, a member of the Bhumjaithai Party who represents Buriram province. He did not specify the nature of the planned complaint.

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