CNG price hike affects commuters in Delhi

The commuters in the national capital have criticised the government's decision to hike the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and said that it is putting extra financial burden on them during the time of high inflation.

Unhappy with this hike, residents lined up at CNG stations in various parts of the city to fill their tanks under the revised rates.

Pradeep Arora, a commuter said: "They have hiked the price of CNG, everything is becoming expensive today. The common man is finding it difficult to live easily. The government keeps the funds and give the public nothing. They are taxing everything and hiking the petrol, LPG and CNG."

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), which supplies CNG in these areas, defended the hike by calling it a necessary move after the recent weakening of the rupee against the dollar.

The cost of CNG too has gone up in Delhi by as much as Rs.3.70 per kg.

The hike, announced on Saturday, is the second increase in the past two and half months.

CNG will now cost 45 rupees and 60 paise, a kilogram in Delhi and 51 rupees and 55 paise in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.

Now, Piped Natural Gas-PNG in Delhi will cost 27 rupees and 50 paise, up from 24 rupees and fifty paise per standard cubic meter (SCM) for consumption of 30 SCM in two months.

Beyond it, the rate will be 47 rupees and 50 paise per SCM. In adjoining areas, the new rate for PNG will be 29 rupees upto the consumption of 30 SCM and beyond it, the revised rate will be 49 rupees and 70 paise per SCM.