CNG price hiked by ₹2 in Mumbai, other cities; election bond-Delhi spared
The Hindu
Indraprastha Gas Ltd raises CNG prices in select cities, while MGL hikes rates in Mumbai post-elections.
CNG price in Mumbai as well as several other cities in the country has been hiked by ₹2 per kg but users in poll-bound Delhi have been spared for the time being, according to city gas firms.
Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the firm that retails CNG to automobiles and pipes natural gas to household kitchens for cooking in the national capital and adjoining cities, over the weekend raised CNG price by ₹2 per kg.
Prices were hiked in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and other cities but Delhi, which goes to polls in a few weeks from now, was spared.
With elections out of the way, Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) - the city gas retailer in Mumbai, hiked CNG prices in Mumbai and adjoining areas by ₹2 per kg, according to MGL website.
MGL and other city gas retailers, like Adani Total Gas Ltd, had kept retail prices unchanged for the past two months despite a 205 increase in input cost. And no sooner did assembly elections in Maharashtra conclude, MGL raised CNG prices ₹2 per kg to ₹77 in Mumbai with effect from November 22.
Other city gas retailers too have hiked CNG prices.
While CNG rates in Delhi remain unchanged ₹75.09 per kg, prices have gone up by ₹2 per kg to ₹81.70 in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, and to ₹82.12 per kg in Gurugram with effect from November 23, according to IGL website.
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