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Holi is on 25th March. It is not easy to return to Purvanchal from metropolitan cities on Holi. There is long waiting or regret in other major trains including Sivagangai, Vande Bharat, Mahanagari, Shramjeevi. Air fares to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Hyderabad, Pune are also sky high. In such a situation, the problems of passengers have increased further.
Airport officials said that the one-way fare on the Delhi-Varanasi route for March 14 is Rs 8,224, while the fare for March 23 has reached Rs 15,000. There are 30 flights daily from Babatpur Airport. This number increases and decreases according to the schedule. Tour operator Akash Tiwari said that the fare for Mumbai-Varanasi on March 14 is Rs 7524, while the fare for March 23 is Rs 17573.
Ahmedabad-Varanasi fare on 14th March is Rs 7234, on 23rd March it is Rs 17959. Bangalore-Varanasi airfare for March 14 is Rs 6441. It is Rs 15 thousand on 23rd March. The air fare from Chennai to Varanasi on March 14 is Rs 9089, while on March 23 it is around Rs 12 to 13 thousand. The fare for Hyderabad-Varanasi flight on March 14 is around Rs 13 thousand, while on March 23 it is around Rs 17 thousand.
The airfare from Kolkata to Varanasi on March 14 is Rs 5575, the fare on March 23 is around Rs 17 thousand. The airfare from Indore to Varanasi is around Rs 9 thousand on 14 March, while it is Rs 15 to 18 thousand on 23 March.