New Delhi: You can be in for a rude shock while booking a cab from Indira Gandhi National airport for traveling to destinations such as Noida, Ghaziabad, or any destination within a 250 km distance from the Delhi airport because the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will be providing the one-way taxi service at an astronomical price of Rs 10,000.

As per the UPSRTC MD Raj Shekhar who issued a letter to regional managers in Noida and Ghaziabad on May 9, informed about the buses and taxis services from the airport for residents who are a part of the Vande Bharat Mission.

The document mentioned that it will be made available for those travellers who have permission from the Delhi Government to travel and don’t’ have any Covid-19 symptoms.

Remember that the Rs 10,000 is at the lower end of the price.  In case, you want an SUV, the price would go up to as high as Rs 12,000. This will be followed by an additional charge past the 250 km distance – Rs 40 per km for the sedan and Rs 50 per km for the SUV. And per vehicle, only two passengers would be allowed to sit.

Raj Shekhar said, “Our first objective is to provide better facilities. The rates have not been amended and were the same earlier as well. The chartered vehicles that have been installed at the airport are rates of those vehicles which were fixed in advance. It has a minimum limit of at least 100 km for buses and 250 km for a taxi. We have some taxis in every region, which are ready to ply."


"The matter of high rate has come to the fore and a 3-member committee has been formed to examine it and will give its report on Friday. Further action will be taken on that basis. We will look into and consider revising the rates if needed," Raj Shekhar added.

Apart from this, the AC bus will also provide roadways to pay Rs 1,500 for a seat to go within the radius of 100 km, the fare will double for 101-200 km. Only 26 passengers will be boarded on a bus for social distancing. For the convenience of the passengers, Roadways has deployed about 15 buses of Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar depots for this purpose.

Lashing out at Yogi government over the exorbitant fares, UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said, "the government instead of helping people to return to their hometown is trying to find means to loot them. This is just unacceptable. Yogi Adityanath is independently implementing decisions that are against poor people."