Kerala. Incidentally it coincided with a plan that some of us from Chennai and Bangalore had made to visit Pondicherry, which is a state/province some 150kms from Chennai.
Pondicherry used to be a French colony some 60-odd years ago before it was 'liberated' and joined the Republic of India. It gets some benefits which are not available to other normal
states like Kerala, Tamilnadu etc. Eg. there is no luxury tax in Pondy, which makes a lot of
things cheaper there like booze, cars, bikes, hotel rooms, fuel etc etc - the list is long.
As we drive into Pondicherry, this sight greets us at a gas station.
The yellow vehicle seen in the picture is called an auto-rickshaw and is a 3-wheeler taxi.
The auto is from Tamilnadu (as the registration number indicates) and is returning back
to Chennai. The owner/driver wants to tank up on the cheap petrol and has inclined the
auto so that it takes in a little more fuel.
Given that petrol is only Rs.48 in Pondy (as compared to Rs.55 in Chennai), it is a neat
saving of Rs7 per litre. No wonder the guy wants to tank up the auto to the max.
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