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Rickshaw drivers feel sting of rising fuel prices
With fuel oil prices rising, auto-rickshaw drivers in the Arakan State capital Sittwe are finding it difficult to do business, with the downturn also affecting the families for whom many of the drivers are breadwinners.
06 Oct 2021
DMG Newsroom
6 October 2021, Sittwe
With fuel oil prices rising, auto-rickshaw drivers in the Arakan State capital Sittwe are finding it difficult to do business, with the downturn also affecting the families for whom many of the drivers are breadwinners.
“I kept driving a rickshaw even though the fuel oil prices started rising. However, I faced losses and I have had to suspend operating it. So, I do not earn income and my family is facing difficulties,” said one such driver, Ko Than Zaw.
Fellow auto-rickshaw driver Ko Aung Soe Lin said he could earn about K20,000 per day before the fuel oil price hike, but now he can earn only around K7,000.
“I have never experienced a situation as bad as this in four years of driving the rickshaw,” Ko Aung Soe Lin told DMG.
Fuel oil prices began rising in September, and some shops in Sittwe have reportedly sold petrol for more than K2,000 per litre.
On October 6, a litre of regular diesel was selling for K1,570, premium diesel was K1,580, Octane 95 was K1,680 and Octane 95 was K1,570.
Fuel has been among numerous commodities that have seen price volatility with an upward trendline as the Covid-19 pandemic has dragged on.
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