Every time, the petroleum products’ prices are increased, the federal government comes out with a clichés-filled statement that increase in petrol, diesel, CNG prices had become inevitable for reasons better known to the official quarters concerned.
Such an increase in POL products prices is being affected as a ritual for quite sometime without giving any consideration to the problems which are resultantly created across the board for people from all walks of life with motorists paying more for petrol, diesel and CNG, commuters forced to pay more fares for travelling in buses, wagons and rickshaws and essential daily use articles also costing more due to higher transportation charges and greater lust for profiteering by fleecing the needy buyers.
At the same time, such a situation also increases the dire need for adoption of fuel saving measures in order to offset the adverse impact of such frequent increases in POL prices on domestic budgets of those with modest earning.
These measures, in all fairness, could be reducing the travelling by cars or look for any other method for keeping the fuel consumption on the low side comparatively without compromising on distance one has to travel in a vehicle for business or other needs. It may not be possible for many to reduce their travelling for one reason or the other.
Indeed, there is dire need for fuel saving measures particularly for those who have to spend on petrol, diesel or CNG from their own pockets, irrespective of how resourceful they are.
