The maximum impact of rising fuel prices is felt across Maharashtra - a state where taxes on petrol and diesel are higher than in most parts of the country. Left with little option, people at large are either emptying their wallets at pumps or can follow the lead of one village milkman who has traded his bike for a horse.
Such has been the impact of incessant rise in petrol costs in recent weeks indeed that Pandurang Vise reached a tipping point that forced him to deliver milk on a horse rather than on his trusty bike. A milkman in a small village some 100 kilometers from Mumbai, Vise regularly travels seven kilometres to deliver his goods each morning. With petrol at over Rs 80 per litre - and rising, he was spending Rs 200 daily just to purchase petrol. "My father used to do the same job and during his time, walking seven kilometres to deliver milk was common," he tells Zee News. "After his death, I took over and used a bike to deliver milk quicker so that I could address other daily tasks. I have now sold my bike for Rs 22,000 because I just could not afford petrol for it."

The maximum impact of rising fuel prices is felt across Maharashtra - a state where taxes on petrol and diesel are higher than in most parts of the country. Left with little option, people at large are either emptying their wallets at pumps or can follow the lead of one village milkman who has traded his bike for a horse.
Such has been the impact of incessant rise in petrol costs in recent weeks indeed that Pandurang Vise reached a tipping point that forced him to deliver milk on a horse rather than on his trusty bike. A milkman in a small village some 100 kilometers from Mumbai, Vise regularly travels seven kilometres to deliver his goods each morning. With petrol at over Rs 80 per litre - and rising, he was spending Rs 200 daily just to purchase petrol. "My father used to do the same job and during his time, walking seven kilometres to deliver milk was common," he tells Zee News. "After his death, I took over and used a bike to deliver milk quicker so that I could address other daily tasks. I have now sold my bike for Rs 22,000 because I just could not afford petrol for it."