$A$ person walks up a stalled escalator in $80 \,s$. When standing on the same escalator, now moving, he is carried up in $20 \,s$. The time taken by him to walk up the moving escalator is (in $\,s$)

  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $8$
  • C
    $12$
  • D
    $16$

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