GUWAHATI: At a time when rising prices of petrol and diesel are burning a hollow in the wallet of other people across the country, the ones dwelling just about the Bhutan border in Assam have discovered a singular approach of negotiating the associated fee pinch.
Every morning, loads of bikers and motorists hit the NH-127D that connects Assam with Bhutan's jap border town of Samdrup Jongkhar to tank up and also grasp some liquor on their long ago. For, both the commodities come at dirt reasonable prices just across the pleasant border that has no immigration barrier.
Ganesh Boro, a trainer of a government school at Tamulpur in Assam's Baksa district, is a regular at probably the most Indian Oil fuel shops at Samdrup Jhongkhar. "I have to travel 22 km one way to fill up the tank of my motorcycle. It lasts me for about a month. Last month, I purchased petrol at Rs 52/litre. Back home in Assam, I would have to shell out Rs 76 for a litre and so and it's worth travelling 44 km (to and fro)," he stated. A litre of diesel, which comes for Rs 65 in Assam, prices just about Rs 20 much less there, he added.
Every morning, loads of bikers and motorists hit the NH-127D that connects Assam with Bhutan's jap border town of Samdrup Jongkhar to tank up and also grasp some liquor on their long ago. For, both the commodities come at dirt reasonable prices just across the pleasant border that has no immigration barrier.
Ganesh Boro, a trainer of a government school at Tamulpur in Assam's Baksa district, is a regular at probably the most Indian Oil fuel shops at Samdrup Jhongkhar. "I have to travel 22 km one way to fill up the tank of my motorcycle. It lasts me for about a month. Last month, I purchased petrol at Rs 52/litre. Back home in Assam, I would have to shell out Rs 76 for a litre and so and it's worth travelling 44 km (to and fro)," he stated. A litre of diesel, which comes for Rs 65 in Assam, prices just about Rs 20 much less there, he added.
Assam residents flock to border town of Bhutan for cheap fuel
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May 06, 2018
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