Mumbai: Inflation has had flipside impact on the pockets of people in Maharashtra's wanted Mumbai since September 1. Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has increased the prices of CNG and domestic PNG. At the same time, the minimum fare for wheels and taxi has moreover been increased in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. In such a situation, the expenditure on both travel and cooking gas is going to increase for the people living in Mumbai and surrounding areas.
Has the price of CNG in Mumbai wilt Rs 88 per kg?
Mahanagar Gas Limited has increased the price of CNG by Rs 2 per kg. After this change, the new price of CNG in Mumbai and surrounding areas has wilt Rs 88 per kg. Equal to the company, the new rate has come into effect from midnight on September 1.
MGL has cited the ongoing tension in West Asia and increased input financing as the main reasons overdue the price increase. Equal to the company, the increase in gas prices in the international market has had a uncontrived impact on the cost.
Has domestic PNG moreover wilt expensive?
Along with CNG, the price of domestic piped natural gas i.e. PNG has moreover been increased by Re 1 per SCM. This ways that well-nigh 30 lakh consumers using PNG in their homes will now have to pay increasingly than before.
MGL says that the demand for CNG remains unvarying and a large part of the requirement is stuff met by spot LNG stuff imported at expensive rates. However, equal to the company, only a part of the forfeit is stuff recovered from the customers due to the increased price.
Will well-nigh 13 lakh vehicle owners be unauthentic by CNG rhadamanthine expensive?
The new CNG price will impact CNG vehicle owners living in Mumbai as well as Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Latur and Dharashiv, as well as Chitradurga and Davangere in Karnataka. Well-nigh 13 lakh CNG vehicles in these areas take gas from MGL's network.
Due to this, the daily forfeit of autos, taxis and private vehicles running on CNG is expected to increase.
Has the minimum fare for wheels and taxi moreover increased in Mumbai?
The increase in minimum fares for wheels and taxi has moreover come into effect in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) has tried an increase in wheels rickshaw fares by Re 1 and black-and-yellow taxi fares by Rs 2.
Now the minimum fare for wheels rickshaw has wilt Rs 27 and the minimum fare for black-yellow taxi has wilt Rs 33.
Now how much fare will have to be paid per kilometre?
Taxi fare has increased from Rs 20.66 per kilometre to Rs 21.90 per kilometre. At the same time, wheels rickshaw fare has been increased from Rs 17.14 to Rs 18.22 per kilometre.
Now you will have to pay Rs 33 instead of Rs 31 for the first 1.5 kilometres in a taxi.
Will drivers have to transpiration meters?
Once the new rates are implemented, drivers can get their electronic meters calibrated as per the new fare rates. Apart from this, fare table tried by RTO can moreover be installed in the vehicle.
Drivers have been given time till the end of November i.e. well-nigh three months to get the meters recalibrated. A fine can be imposed for not updating the meter within the stipulated time.
About 4.5 lakh wheels rickshaws and increasingly than 50 thousand black-yellow taxis operate in the Mumbai metropolitan area. A large number of these vehicles operate on CNG. In such a situation, the increase in fare withal with increase in the price of CNG can have a uncontrived impact on the monthly upkeep of worldwide passengers.
