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.
Ride-hailing platform Uber on Thursday said it has not received any order from the Delhi state department yet on banning app-based taxis in line with the Supreme Court's orders, coinciding with the odd-even car rationing scheme.
The move aims at curtailing the menace of air pollution.
"Rs 30 for the first fall of 1.5 km (upon downing the meter) and thereafter Rs 11 per km for every additional kilometre," the notification said.
Japanese-Indian joint venture Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Wednesday signalled its foray into the compressed natural gas (CNG) powered segment.
Demanding the immediate roll back of the CNG and PNG price hike, ex-MLA Bhardwaj said that auto-rickshaw was the preferred mode of transport for most people in Delhi in the absence of a robust public transport system.
