The bus and trolleybus fares in Chisinau will increase to 5 lei, while the minibus fare to 10 lei. A cubic meter of drinking water will cost 14 lei, while the price of a gigacalorie of heat will increase by 200 lei amid the rise in block maintenance costs that will amount to 420 lei per apartment, IPN reports.

The expected rises were presented by Socialist councilors in a news conference. According to them, the municipal budget for 2018 was drafted based on the given rises.

Councilor Vitalie Mucan said that a number of meetings were held last weekend and at the start of this week to discuss the given issues.

Victor Poleakov, municipal councilor, said the fares and tariffs will be increased by this yearend and the rises are inevitable and the residents of Chisinau will have to suffer the consequences of inefficient governance when winter begins.