HYDERABAD: The rise in petrol and diesel prices is making lives increasingly difficult for those dependent on vehicles to earn their living. App-based cabs and bikes, autorickshaws and app-based food delivery executives say they are no more able to make both ends meet.
The list of grievances is long. Most of the cabs are financed by banks. At the start of each month, they have to pay the EMIs. Food delivery boys make Rs 650 through 20 trips in 13 hours. Of this, they shell out around Rs 300 on fuel. Auto driver unions ask for the fare hike if a reduction of fuel prices is not possible.
Thirty-eight-year-old Laxmi, a resident of Kushaiguda, drives a SUV for an app-based company. Two years back, Laxmi lost her husband due to chronic lung infection. From then on, she’s the sole bread earner for the family and will have to raise her daughter and son.
The rise in diesel prices has made her life difficult. “The fare remains the same while the diesel price is going up and…
