CNG Price Hikes in Delhi, Gets Costlier by Rs 2 Per Kg

On Saturday, May 21, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) announced to raise the price of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by Rs 2 per kg. The company has stated the hike in its official notification issued on Saturday. After the latest price revision, the CNG price in Delhi has reached Rs 75.61 per kg today. 

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Price hikes again 

The latest rates will be effective in the adjoining areas of the national capital including Noida, Gurugram, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, etc. In the notification, the IGL said that the revised prices will be effective in Delhi NCR from 6 am on May 21, Saturday. 

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has hiked the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Delhi by Rs 2 per kg to Rs 75.61 per Kg.

For Noida, Greater Noida & Ghaziabad, the CNG price has been hiked to Rs 78.17 per Kg, while in Gurugram, it will cost Rs 83.94 per Kg. pic.twitter.com/PTNbTzrppE

— ANI (@ANI) May 21, 2022

Earlier, the prices were hiked on May 15 by Rs 2 per kg in Delhi NCR. This is the second rise in the price of CNG in seven days. Since the rates of domestic and international gas are changing continuously, gas companies are revising the prices of CNG and PNG regularly since last year. 

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Daily essentials getting costlier 

Recently, the fuel rates also got hiked in the country. With regular price hikes in the fuel rates, the traveling will become costlier for the common man. Beginning from soaps and oil to fuel and gas, everything is getting costlier along with the growing unemployment rate in the country. 

As reported by ANI, an auto driver was quoted as saying, "The increase in CNG prices is affecting our lives. Our income is as much as the price of fuel. Customers are not ready to pay extra. What are we going to eat and earn? We have to think if we'll be able to afford a vegetable for the day or not."