From North To South, Common Man Feels The Pinch As Fuel Prices Surge

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation.

A constant surge in fuel and natural gas prices over the last sixteen days has increased the hardship of common people across the country, with petrol and diesel prices going up by Rs 10 per litre each or 10.5 per cent.

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation.

35-year-old Taufiq Tahir, who works as a delivery man for an e-commerce company in Mumbai, covers around 100 kilometres daily, but his company, he claims, hasn't revised the tariff. "I get just Rs 6.5 for a kilometre. That's a three-year-old tariff. My income has suffered a hit and a quarter of it goes for fuel", Mr Tahir told NDTV.

In Guwahati, it's been a double whammy for Mahendra Kalita, an auto owner turned auto driver, who had to sell his auto-rickshaw after the first lockdown was imposed in the country. He now drives a rental auto and pays Rs 150 a day for it. "We are unable to meet the expenses. I can't save money for my kid's school fees. How would we survive," Mr Kalita said.