In the midst of increasing gas input costs, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has increased the price of natural gas pipes (PNG) to ₹ 4.25 per cubic meter standard (SCM) which is effective from Thursday in an effort to include an increase.
IGL has notified that PNG will now cost ₹ 45.86 per unit in Delhi and ₹ 45.96 per unit in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. For people in Gurugram, PNG costs will be ₹ 44.06 per SCM.
In addition, IGL Hiking prices CNG in Delhi is ₹ 2.5 per kg of ₹ 71.61 per kg from today for noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, while CNG prices have increased to ₹ 74.17 per kg, when in Gurugram, that will be charged. Rp160,000 per kg.
Meanwhile, earlier on April 1, IGL increased the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) with 80 Paise per kg and the PNG price of ₹ 5.85 per cubic meter (16.5%). Last month on March 24, PNG prices increased by ₹ 1 per SCM.
Meanwhile, opposing a steep increase in CNG prices, hundreds of taxi drivers and automatically held protests at Jantar Mantar last week and demanded revisions of tariffs and threatened to carry out unlimited attacks from April 18 if their demands were not fulfilled. However, automatically and taxis continue to operate and there is no shortage of transportation like that on the road. Ola and Uber Cabs and Autos are also available during the day.
The driver who protested, including Ola and Uber taxis, also sent a memorandum of their requests to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of Houses Amit Shah and Head of Minister of Arvind Kejriwal on Friday.
President ‘Sarvodaya Drivers Association of Welfare’ Ravi Rathor, who claimed to have around 4 Lakh drivers as members in Delhi-NCR, said that the government must cut the price of CNG or revise tariffs.
“We want justice. We have given the ultimatum to the central government and also the city government to carry out unlimited strikes from April 18 if our demands are related to reducing the level of CNG or the revision of taxi and auto rates are not fulfilled,” Rathor said, “said Rathor PTI. He said that the price of CNG approached ₹ 70 per kg but the taxi driver and automatically still operated at the old tariff. It has become difficult for the driver to operate by skyrocketing CNG prices.
Auto and other taxi unions including Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh and Delhi Pradesh Union Taxi have threatened to carry out unlimited attacks from April 18 if their request to provide ₹ 35 per kg subsidies on CNG is not fulfilled.
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