Aurangabad Mar 27 PTI In the wake of the fuel price rise and problems in maintaining a motorcycle due to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced restrictions a man working as a lab assistant at a pharmacy college here in Maharashtra commutes on a horse to his workplace everyday The diesel price in Aurangabad is just a few paise short of Rs 100 per litre while the petrol rate has crossed Rs 115 per litre The petrol price on Sunday was hiked by 50 paise a litre and diesel by 55 paise taking the total increase in rates since resumption of daily price revision less than a week back to Rs 370-375 per litre The rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation To tide over the situation Shaikh Yusuf has put away his motorcycle and goes to his workplace located 15 km from his home riding a horse He started the practice during the COVID-19-induced lockdown earlier Following the lockdown garages were shut for a long time and the service and maintenance of motorcycle was a problem even the fuel prices have been going up So I decided to put away my vehicle and bought a Kathiawadi horse Yusuf told reporters here The man said he now travels about 30 km everyday to and from work on the horse and even goes to buy groceries and family functions riding on the animals back Travelling on a horse is certainly cheaper than moving around on a motorcycle Also while commuting on the bike we sometimes just roam around as it only requires a kick to start it But while using the horse for commuting we think of its health and our health condition too he said Sometimes children travelling in expensive cars wave at me when I am out on my horse and I feel happy Yusuf said He also said the growing prices of various commodities can be controlled only when the fuel prices come down PTI AW GK GK

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