The price of one litre of petrol shot up from ₹90 to ₹100 a litre in just four months.
In the state capital city, one litre of petrol on Thursday costs ₹99.27 and the reason why it costs more at Parassala is the cost of transportation.
By now, both the ruling Left and the Congress led
Incidentally, its party state president K. Surendran, whenever the question of increasing fuel prices is put up and when the media reminds him and his top party brass including present union minister of State for external affairs V. Muraleedharan along with others, about the protests against the fuel price hike when they pulled bullock carts and pushed two wheelers, he loses his cool and says, "those are all old things, why do you want to rake it up again and again,".
And when the question -- if the Kerala government is ready to reduce the state's share of taxes, similar to what then chief minister
With the pandemic and the rising fuel prices, the worst affected are the auto rickshaw drivers who are now forced to charge Rs 40 as the minimum charge and with that, not many are willing to hire.
"Things are really tough for us as we ourselves know that we have nothing else to do but charge more, so we at least have a little amount to take back home. We have to wait for two hours to get a passenger and when we count the money at the end of the day, it's just a pittance," said an autorickshaw driver.
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