Gujarat: Petrol, diesel rates up 19% in 6 months
Your income may not have increased over the past six months, but your expenditure sure has! Petrol and diesel prices have shot up by a whopping 19% over the past six months.
On April 15, petrol price stood at Rs 87.57 per litre in Ahmedabad which has surged to Rs 104.24 per litre. Diesel price rose from Rs 86.96 to Rs 103.81 per litre as on Monday.
“Fuel prices went up as a function of the rise in crude oil prices. There is barely any difference in sales and consumption is increasing with increased movement in the run-up to the festive season,” said a city-based petroleum dealer. “However, customers are upset with the constant rise in prices. Even though the dealers have no role in controlling the prices, customers tend to vent their frustrations on us.”
Even Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) has again raised piped natural gas (PNG) price for residential consumers. The company has increased domestic PNG price in Ahmedabad to Rs 1,089.20 per MMBtu (metric million British thermal unit) for the bi-monthly consumption up to 1.60 MMBtu from Rs 1,061.20 per MMBtu on October 11.
