Petrol Ki Bharti Qeemat Say Rickshaw Driver Shadeed Pareshan
Petrol Ki Bharti Qeemat Say Rickshaw Driver Shadeed Pareshan
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00:00I leave my car at 5 in the morning and drive till 1 in the evening.
00:04Then I go to the house and get away from the thefts and robberies.
00:10Otherwise, I am forced to commit thefts and robberies.
00:13The difference is in everything.
00:14Flour is expensive, petrol is expensive, the driver doesn't sit.
00:18If you ask the driver for rent, how will he fight?
00:20The government should do better for this.
00:23270-280 rupees for gas, the driver says take 300 rupees for rent.
00:27It is very difficult to survive.
00:28Half a rickshaw is cut in the morning and I have to pay 400 rupees.
00:31There is no work.
00:32We earn on what we earn.
00:34There is nothing left.
00:36It is very difficult to survive.
00:38The whole day we are struggling.
00:40Gas is expensive, electricity is expensive.
00:42Last month I paid 24,000 rupees.
00:45Now there are people who earn 1,200-1,200 rupees.
00:48What can we do about it?
00:49It is God who is making us survive.
00:52They have killed us.
00:53The thing is that our economy is not good in our country.
00:57If the people are good, there will be no problem here.
01:00The class I represent is always on the road.
01:07And whenever a person comes from outside the world,
01:12his first introduction is with a taxi and a rickshaw driver.
01:17These days, the increasing prices of petrol do not allow this to happen.
01:21This is a class of workers and farmers whose rickshaw is also on rent.
01:26In Lahore, there are about 100,000 registered rickshaws.
01:31And about 60,000 chinchi rickshaws, which we can also call motorcycle rickshaws.
01:35We have about 40,000-43,000 members.
01:40Will they let us breathe some peace?
01:44I don't think so.
01:45Even in the coming days,
01:48even in the coming days,
01:50there will be economic recovery in Pakistan.
01:54The poor will get relief.
01:56No, I have not seen anything like this happening.
01:59They have buried people in a living graveyard.
02:03And anyway, our nation has become so impoverished
02:06that they like to live in Pakistan, a living graveyard.
02:12They like it.
02:13The reason for this is that we have been so economically confused
02:18that we cannot even go out for our rights.
02:21The reason for this is that we know that if we go out for our rights,
02:25then my child must be sitting hungry at home in the evening.
02:28In the city of Lahore, there are 750,000 families
02:32who are connected to rickshaw drivers.
02:34In what way?
02:35Tire dealer, mechanical, tire seller, spare part dealer, rickshaw driver,
02:43owner, body maker, all of them are connected to this.
02:48Sir, welcome back.
02:50Assalam-o-Alaikum.
02:51How are you?
02:52You are listening very carefully.
02:54Tell me, what is your analysis?
02:56Mr. Bikrar, I want to say that this is a problem for everyone.
02:59The bills are not being collected.
03:01What will a person who has a salary of 25,000 or 20,000 do?
03:03What will he earn?
03:04What will he take for his children?
03:06His life has become very difficult.
03:08The problem is that will he eat food,
03:09will he light a stove at home,
03:10or will he collect the bills?
03:11He does not have that much capacity.
03:13You must have a responsibility.
03:15We have never heard of this before.
03:19Normally, when someone asked for help,
03:21they would ask for groceries.
03:23Now, when people ask for help,
03:25they ask for bills.
03:26People are selling their jewellery,
03:27they are selling their household items.
03:29We have never heard of this before.
03:30This is the responsibility of the government,
03:32to look at the people,
03:33to see how they are living.
03:35No one should collect the bills.
03:37It is the responsibility of the government
03:39to look at how many bills are being collected.
03:41People do not have the capacity.
03:44People leave their homes in distress.
03:46They are in depression.
03:48Their lives have become difficult.
03:50What can we do?
03:51How much was the bill for your own house?
03:53Earlier, the bill used to be 5,000 or 6,000 rupees.
03:56Now, the bill is 40,000 rupees.
03:58How can I pay the bill?
03:59Allah Akbar!
04:00Now, the bill is increasing by 40,000 rupees.
04:02So, when you are talking about 40,000 rupees,
04:04the unit rate has increased again?
04:06It has increased again.
04:07I think the bill will be collected again.
04:09What about food?
04:10We will see about food.
04:13We will see about food.
04:14We are starving.
04:15Allah will make it easy for you.
04:17Assalam-o-Alaikum.
04:18How are you?
04:19I am fine.
04:20What do you do?
04:21I sell sherbet here.
04:22Sherbet?
04:23Yes.
04:24The bill for my house is 15,000 rupees.
04:26I pay the rent.
04:27Okay.
04:28How much is my bill?
04:29It is 5,000 rupees for two months.
04:31I live in a rented house.
04:32Do you sell sherbet?
04:33Yes, I sell sherbet.
04:34You sell sherbet.
04:35The bill is 65,000 rupees.
04:37Let me show you.
04:38Take it out carefully.
04:39I have pictures of the bill here.
04:41Yes.
04:42Take a look at this.
04:44I have paid the rent.
04:47Yes, 65,000 rupees.
04:49Can you show it to the camera?
04:50It is 961 rupees.
04:52It is about 66,000 rupees.
04:55If you don't pay it on time, it will be 71,000 rupees.
04:57I pay the rent.
04:58The rent is 15,000 rupees.
05:00I have paid the rent for two months.
05:03What will you do now?
05:04The bill will be collected again.
05:05The landlord says that I have to pay the rent.
05:07Otherwise, I will leave the house.
05:08What do you do?
05:10I don't do anything.
05:11I run a cooler.
05:12I have two rooms.
05:13I live alone.
05:14What can I do?
05:15Where can I go?
05:16How much do you earn?
05:18I earn 1500 rupees a day.
05:20That means you earn 30,000 rupees a day.
05:22Yes.
05:23I have to run the house.
05:24Do you have to pay the rent?
05:25Yes, I have to pay the rent.
05:26I have two brothers.
05:27We both work.
05:28I earn this money from people.
05:30What did you pray for?
05:33What should I pray for?
05:34What did you pray for?
05:35I prayed for my life to be saved from these criminals.
05:39You prayed for your life.
05:40I don't pray for the criminals.
05:41I don't pray for the criminals.
05:42Because my situation is very bad.
05:43You are giving me money.
05:44But you don't give me food.
05:45I will get the bill for the next month.
05:47But you don't have this problem now.
05:49I paid the rent on the 20th of last month.
05:52For two months.
05:53I don't know how much I will get for this month.
05:56What do you have at home?
05:57Do you have a fan?
05:58I have a fan, a cooler and a refrigerator.
06:00Oh, God.
06:02I have two roof tiles.
06:04How long will you run this house?
06:06Do you think you can run it?
06:07God will help me.
06:08I will do it.
06:09I am helpless.
06:10What can I do?
06:11I will ask the government to have mercy on me.
06:13May Allah help you.
06:14May Allah bless you.
06:15How are you?
06:16What do you do?
06:17I drive a rickshaw.
06:18You drive a rickshaw.
06:20Tell me, the prices of petrol and electricity has increased.
06:23Petrol has increased.
06:24I have a rickshaw on gas.
06:26Gas is so common.
06:27I have worked twice on the engine.
06:29A time the road broke down.
06:31Now the gate is broken.
06:33The electricity bill is Rs.12,000.
06:34The refrigerator broke down.
06:36The electricity has been reduced.
06:37I don't know where I can get the money from.
06:42What do you think while driving a rickshaw?
06:45I don't know where I can get the money from.
06:50When the price of petrol has gone up to Rs 7-8,
06:54what will happen to the passengers?
06:58Sir, they don't go up at all.
07:00They say, take Rs 50-40.
07:03They don't go up at all.
07:05If petrol was Rs 150 per litre,
07:07we would have charged Rs 50.
07:09Now it's Rs 300 per litre.
07:11It's a little less.
07:12Still, they charge Rs 50.
07:13Still, they are not happy.
07:14They remember that they used to go in this much.
07:16Yes, sir, they used to go in this much.
07:18They remember that.
07:19They don't go up.
07:20If they have to go from here,
07:22they are also worried.
07:23We are also worried.
07:24All the customers who go,
07:26they are also job seekers.
07:27Their salary doesn't increase in the future.
07:29They also give less.
07:31They say, we have Rs 30,000.
07:33How can we give you more?
07:34All people are worried.
07:35Yes, everyone is worried.
07:36May Allah solve your problems.
07:37Assalam-o-Alaikum.
07:38How are you?
07:39You were supporting them.
07:40You tell me, how much was your bill?
07:42Rs 50,000.
07:43Oh, my God.
07:44Okay.
07:45Was it this much before?
07:46I have a barber shop.
07:47Okay.
07:48I don't even have an AC.
07:49My fan runs.
07:50My fan runs.
07:51And the lights also work in the evening.
07:53And I got a bill of Rs 50,000.
07:55Okay.
07:56And I went to the main office.
07:59I told them.
08:01Assalam-o-Alaikum.
08:02How are you?
08:03Alhamdulillah, I am fine.
08:04We are talking about electricity bills.
08:05Would you like to say something?
08:06A lot of bills are coming.
08:08It is very difficult for poor people.
08:10And you are seeing that
08:12if a poor person earns,
08:15then he should pay the bill
08:16or take care of the children
08:17or educate them.
08:18It is very difficult for us.
08:19Is your son with you?
08:20Yes, he is with me.
08:21Okay, Mashallah.
08:22How much bill did you get this time?
08:23We are getting 15,000, 15,000, 20,000.
08:25And we are poor people.
08:27My husband works as a stallman.
08:30It is very difficult for us.
08:32How are you?
08:33Alhamdulillah, I am fine.
08:34How much bill did you get?
08:3515,000?
08:3615,000, 20,000, 20,000.
08:37How much did you get before?
08:38Before, it was more than 3,500, 4,000.
08:40There is a fridge at home.
08:41And the LED is already broken.
08:43And a fan.
08:44Now the fan is working properly.
08:47So, there is one motor.
08:49Now that night,
08:50we take out the switch of the fridge and sleep.
08:52We don't use the mobile charge for a long time.
08:54Earlier, we used it and slept.
08:55Now we use petrol.
08:57Did he start going to school?
08:59He went to school for admission.
09:01He is asking for 25,000, 30,000 for admission.
09:04And for PG and KG classes.
09:06So, we gave him 30,000.
09:08Then he said,
09:09you have to pay the fees for the three-month leave.
09:11So, how did you control the ration and budget at home?
09:15My husband just got married.
09:18And it has been two months since he has gone to work.
09:20So, it is difficult now.
09:22Let's see how his job starts.
09:24Everyone is worried.
09:25It is like that.
09:26But for the bill,
09:27if you raise your voice,
09:29Inshallah.
09:30May Allah make it easy for you.
09:31May Allah give you health.