New Delhi: After fuel prices witnessed surge for the 14th time since March 22 this year, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) on Wednesday raised CNG price in New Delhi by Rs 2.5 per kg.
The retail cost of CNG in Delhi now stands at Rs 66.61 per kg, with a total surge of Rs 6.6 per kg over the span of five days, according to news agency ANI.
In the adjoining regions such as Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida, the CNG fuel is sold at Rs 69.18 per kg, while in Gurugram, the price went up to Rs 74.94 per kg.
Here are the latest CNG rates:
Delhi – Rs 66.61 per kg
Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad – Rs 69.18 per kg
Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Shamli – Rs 73.86 per kg
Gurugram – Rs 74.94 per kg
Rewari – Rs 77.07 per kg
Karnal and Kaithal – Rs 75.27 per kg
Kanpur, Hamirpur and Fatehpur – Rs 78.40 per kg
Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand – Rs 76.89 per kg
The current hike in CNG price may have an impact on the operations of ride services such as Uber and Ola.
Cooking gas pipeline, commonly known as piped natural gas or PNG, also became costlier after prices shot up in the recent days. PNG prices in Mumbai were raised on Tuesday midnight by Rs 5 and will now cost Rs 41/SCM.
Meanwhile, petrol and diesel prices continued with its rally as prices were raised on Wednesday by 80 paise a litre. The fuel prices have been increased by Rs 10 per litre each in the past 16 days.
In Delhi, petrol is costing Rs 105.41 per litre, while diesel is retailing at Rs 96.67 per litre, according to the latest notification by state-owned fuel retailers. Diesel price in Mumbai too, shot up to Rs 104.77 per litre, which is an increase of 85 paise from Rs 103.92 per litre on Tuesday.
The fuel prices have been raised due to the increase in prices in the international market triggered by Russian-Ukraine conflict.
In a report on March 24, Moody’s Investors Service had estimated that IOCL, BPCL and HPCL have together lost around $2.25 billion (Rs 19,000 crore) in revenue since November by keeping petrol and diesel prices unchanged.