Price of commercial LPG cylinder spiked by Rs 48.50 ahead of festive season, effective today
Oil marketing companies have announced a Rs 48.50 hike in the price of 19 kg commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders ahead of the festive season.
Oil marketing companies have announced a Rs 48.50 hike in the price of 19 kg commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders ahead of the festive season.
Around 33 truckloads of cylinders have been stranded inside the LPG bottling plant of a nationalised navaratna company since yesterday morning causing severe inconvenience to the transporters and the domestic fuel provider, ahead of the festivities.
State-backed oil marketing companies slashed prices of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 30 per cylinder with effect from July 1.
Oil marketing companies reduced the prices of 19 kg commercial cylinders and 5 kg FTL (Free Trade LPG) cylinders, said sources.
All bodies were charred beyond easy identification, the police said. At present, the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they added.
LPG domestic cylinders prices were hiked by Rs 25 today, rising total cost to Rs 911 in Kolkata.
Hundreds of women TMC activists assembled in front of the Balurghat police station, while some of them carried empty LPG cylinders with them and firewood.
With the new hike, the price has risen to Rs 593.00 in Delhi, Rs 616.00 in Kolkata, Rs 590.50 in Mumbai and Rs 606.50 in Chennai.
With effect from January 1, the non-subsidised LPG rates were revised to Rs 714 per cylinder in Delhi and Rs 684.50 per cylinder in Mumbai.
He was presiding over the closing ceremony of state-level Angikaar Campaign at Dharamshala, which aimed at bringing beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojna Urban (PMAY, urban) into the fold of other central schemes such as Ujjawala and Ayushman Bharat.
