The price of a 14.2kg domestic LPG cylinder was around Rs 840 a year ago. Now, it costs around Rs 1,080 in Kolkata, after the latest hike of Rs 50.
People already reeling from inflation said the latest hike only sprinkled salt on the wounds already inflicted on them. The inflation hurts more because of the hit their earnings took after the Covid curbs.
The Telegraph spoke to three such people.
Subrata Saha, businessman
Saha, 64, lives with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and a three-year-old grandson in north Kolkata’s Girish Park. Before the pandemic, he had a thriving car rental business. He owned four cars. Over the past two years, he has been forced to sell two of them.
