Pajau Media Channel
Due to the increase in the price of fuel, the drivers of the passenger bus that runs between Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao are facing difficulties that profits are not even covered the cost of fuel, according to the highway drivers.
Since the middle of September, the price of gasoline has risen, the political situation has become tense, and the number of travelers has decreased, so the passenger drivers are not even sure to earn the cost of gasoline in this situation.
“I carried seven or eight passengers in my car. After that, I put a few other goods, and then I got my gas bill back. It’s not easy to drive without stopping the travel if there are passengers these days, because I don’t want to miss the passengers who trust me and make a phone call to travel with me” said U Ah Yaw (Pseudonym), who has been driving from Myitkyina to Putao for five years.
If you fill up with fuel from Myitkyina once, you will have to fill it with more than 500,000 to 600,000 kyats worth of fuel. 70,000 kyats per back seat passenger for Myitkyina to Putao trip and the passengers in the front seat are charged 80,000 kyats.
At the beginning of November in Myitkyina township, 92 gasoline was 2,300 kyats per liter. It is said that on December 4th, the price has risen to more than 3,000 kyats and because of gasoline is sold only in limited quantities, drivers have to find and buy it in various ways.
In the previous years, even if we subtracted the cost of fuel and other necessary mechanical costs, we have profited 40,000 or 50,000 kyats per one-way round-trip, and we were able to live comfortably. However, this year, along with the increase in the price of gasoline, the prices of other commodities have also increased, and it has become difficult from both sides, according to car drivers.
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