BUS PRICES GO UP IN GYUMRI

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07:32 pm | April 17, 2009

Regions

Citizens of Gyumri were caught by an unpleasant surprise this morning
when they found out that bus ticket prices had gone up from 50 to
70 drams.

As if inflation on everything wasn’t enough, now bus ticket prices
go up, complain citizens of Gyumri. They are feeling the impact of
the gas price increase day after day. The price for city bus tickets
has gone up since April 17 by 20 drams.

Citizens complain that producers and service providers are overcoming
the effects of the economic crisis by raising the price, while the
people barely make ends meet to mitigate the effects of the crisis.

"True, the price has gone up by 20 drams, but it doesn’t matter. People
are unemployed and the pensions are not enough. Many people don’t
even have pensions," say citizens of Gyumri surprised.

The unpleasant surprise was not too unpleasant for residents of the
Bulvarayin district. The only #10 bus driving in the district is not
on the streets since April 1 because individual drivers refuse to
drive and charge 50 drams.

The price increase benefits them and drivers were out on the streets
again today. "A1+" tried to ask drivers to give explanations, but
nobody wanted to comment. The press secretariat of city hall replied
by saying that companies and individual drivers had appealed to city
hall and offered to raise bus prices by 20 drams.

The reason behind this price increase is that drivers can’t work
when prices for auto parts go up. As for the contract which states
that the bus ticket costs 50 drams, the law allows making an offer
to raise the price in such cases.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress