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Dera riot: Airfare soars to Rs 19,000, DGCA warns airlines to keep check

Economy class fares for a two-way flight to Amritsar from Delhi for today were as high as Rs 19,800

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Security personnel on Sunday keep strict vigil near Sunaria Jail, in which Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Ram Rahim’s quantum of punishment will be awarded in Rohtak | Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Mumbai
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Sunday asked airlines to keep ticket prices in “check” on flights to Chandigarh, Amritsar and Jaipur after noticing that passengers were being charged high fares in the wake of some disruption in road and rail transport services in Haryana and Punjab.

An uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday in both the states where curfew was relaxed at some places that were hit by violence in the aftermath of the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on last Friday.

While some airlines have been allowed to

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