The people reeling under intense hot weather conditions are feeling the heat of soaring prices of petrol and diesel which have reached all-time high.
The costliest petrol of the country is selling in the State at Dindori at Rs 85.36 per litrewhile the State tops the list of costliest diesel per litre in Balaghat at Rs 84.38 per litre.
The expenditure of the month takes a toss after such changes which make holes in the pocket occur on frequent basis.
The daily commuters have to shed more with the increased fuel prices.
Ramesh Dangi a salesperson by profession said that the hike in the prices have forced to curb the travelling to lower limits hurting the salary which is target based and on the other hand the house-hold expenses have to managed.
Student of BCom second year Mohit Chowdhary who travels on his scooter to college and coaching classes said that the rise has forced to use the scooter by half and for any work he had to wait for sharing of scooter with parents.
For the past one week continuous increase in the petrol and diesel prices has been witnessed after the prices in the international market have increased in the past fortnight.
In the state capital rates of petrol and diesel per litre are Rs 82.82 and Rs 71.97 respectively.
The fleet owners have been among the groups which have been hit the hardest as their bread and butter depends on the prices of the fuel.
Uday Pandare, owner of Uday Travels said that it is not possible to adjust price on weekly basis according to the price rise as the customers would not accept such changes and the loss has to be borne by the travel agency only.
Tthose with contracts have specified clause of increasing with mutual consent if the prices of fuels rise above 10 per cent.
The restaurant owners are facing issues apart from the increased transportation charges the charges of delivering food at far places have to be accommodated with the increase fuel prices.
Ravi Singh of Sharda hotel said that the prices have been impacted in the last fortnight and would lead to rise in the prices.
Nothing on the front of political realm has changed as it was BJP protesting using different means and at present Congress is on the protesting side but the scapegoat remains the same the common man who is left with no options but to refill fuel at whatever cost it is provided at the petrol pump.