Patna: Gasoline sold at RS101.35 per liter in Patna on Saturday while Diesel is not far at RS94.68 / LT, because continuous increase in fuel prices has exponentially increasing the level of commodity essential households such as vegetables, fruits and Items that can be eaten up to 20 to 30% in recent weeks.
Gasoline prices increased by Rs4.58 / liter and diesel by RS3.87 / Liter in June, according to the notification of city-based fuel retailers prices.
According to wholesalers and traders, fuel prices play an important role in the level of vegetables, fruits and food.
Harendra Kumar, wholesale vegetable service manager, said the price of all seasonal vegetables has risen 30% mainly due to the increase in transportation allegations.
Bhola Singh, a vegetable vendor in Mithapur Sabzi bathed, said the price of okra had risen from RS20 to RS50 / kg.
“Tomatoes and Pumping Pumps (Parwal) are sold at Rs60 / Kg, while the level of sponge pumpkin (nenua) and bottle of pumpkin increases to RS40 / kg from RS20 and RS25 / kg sometimes back,” he said.
Mahesh Ram in Anta Ghat said the increase in vegetable prices often occur during the rainy season, but the cost of transportation this time also played a major role behind the surge in interest rates.
“Other commodity prices also increase and we cannot save money.
We only add transportation costs to vegetable prices,” he said.
Buses, autorickshaw, and taxi rides are also more expensive because private players have increased to 50%.
Uday Shanker Singh, president of the Transportation Federation of Bihar Motors, said the bus was forced to stab with a capacity of 50% under the limit of Covid-19.
“We have faced losses due to Kuncian Covid-19.
In addition, the increase in fuel prices has increased our burden.
To make losses, we have increased bus rates by up to 50% for all routes,” he said.
Bhanu Shekhar Prasad Singh, President of the Bihar Truck Owners Association, said, “Many are out of work because of great losses.
They cannot save money because they are forced to pay taxes from savings.
There are around 5 lakh trucks to transport important and surrounding items 30% of them are parked, “he said.
Because of the cost of transportation from everything, from vegetables and fruits to other commodities, depending on the price of fuel, residents have felt a pinch.
Anupama Choudhary, a resident of Patel Nagar, said that when the people’s income reduced, the price of every important item almost doubled.
“Prices of food such as rice, gravestone, pulses, vegetables, and eggs have skyrocketed.
The continuous increase has completely changed our household budget upside down,” he said.
Rishab Agarwal, who works at a personal service agent, said that from transportation allegations for food food, all have added financial burdens to the recipient of the middle class.