Mumbai residents will pay more for both transport and household fuel after MGL announced fresh revisions in CNG and piped natural gas rates across the metropolitan region.
The Centre has announced five new categories of fuel dispensing systems under the ambit of Government Approved Test Centres (GATCs). These include dispensers for petrol and diesel, CNG, LPG, LNG, and hydrogen.
Government Approved Test Centres are specialised facilities equipped with technical infrastructure and expertise to carry out verification and re-verification of weights and measures under the Legal Metrology Act and related Rules.
The common man in Uttar Pradesh, already grappling with inflation, cooking gas shortages, and increased milk prices, received yet another blow as petrol, diesel, and CNG prices in the state increased starting Friday morning.
The Delhi Government has taken a call to strictly implement the decision not to allow petrol, diesel, and CNG to the vehicles without a valid “Pollution Under Control” Certificate at the fuel stations.
State's pollution control authorities have slapped Rs 10 lakh fine as bank guarantee against a multinational oil & natural gas giant operating here for 20 years for causing extensive contamination of the Kunur rivulet, the prime source of irrigation for dozens of villages in Kanksa and Laudoha blocks here.
Two contractual labourers died during the exploration of coal bed methane gas by a multinational oil & gas giant beside a small river about 10 km from Durgapur town this morning.
A 45-year-old man received minor injuries after a CNG tank of a truck blasted during gas filling at a petrol pump in South-West Delhi’s Najafgarh, police said on Wednesday.
Motorists struggling in queues for refilling CNG in their vehicles are likely to get some relief soon. A CNG station is expected to be functional in the next two to three months that would help in easing some pressure on them.
The Mahanagar Gas Ltd has hiked the prices of CNG by Rs 1.50/kg and domestic PNG by Rs 1/SCM in Mumbai and its surrounding areas with effect from midnight (July 8-9) on Monday, an official said.
