Now, gas price hike jolts Mumbai
Mumbai, Oct 1 : The Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) on Monday effected sharp revisions in prices of CNS and PNG with effect from Monday midnight, an official spokesperson said.
While the basic prices of CNG has been hiked by Rs.2.66/kg, the domestic PNG has been increased by Rs.1.89/SCM in Mumbai and surroundings.
Accordingly, the revised delivery prices, including all taxes of CNG in Mumbai, will go up from Rs 46.17/kg to Rs 49.61/kg.
Simiarly, the domestic PNG prices will be hiked from Rs 27.25/SCM to Rs 29.40 (Slab 1) and from Rs 32.85/SCM to Rs 35.00/SCM.
The MGL said the revised cost of CNG would impact around 10 paise/km to 13 paise/km on the per km running cost of autorickshaws and taxies but continue to be most attractive proposition offering savings of 61 percent and 38 percent compared to petrol and diesel.
The MGL justified the hike on the basis of gas costs going up in the global markets from USD 3.06 to USD 3.36/MMBTU(GCV), INR depreciation versus USD, increased in transport tariffs and other non-gas costs.
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Will vacate one of two assembly seats won in 10 days: BJP''s Suvendu
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and secured Nandigram for three times in a row in the recent assembly polls, said on Wednesday that he would vacate one of the two constituencies within 10 days.
Adhikari also asserted that the party's central leadership would decide which constituency he would retain.
"I will vacate one seat within 10 days. The party will decide which one I retain. I will not forget my responsibility towards the people of Bhabanipur and Nandigram," he said.
Adhikari on Monday defeated Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes, puncturing what was long seen as her safest political refuge and delivering a decisive psychological blow to the TMC, amid a sweeping BJP surge across West Bengal.
Addressing party workers and supporters in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, the BJP leader appealed to them not to take out victory processions immediately and instead maintain peace.
"Do not take out victory rallies now. Maintain peace and discipline. Celebrate after May 9, after taking permission," he told party workers.
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government will be held on May 9 at Brigade Parade Ground.
Referring to alleged attacks on BJP workers during the TMC regime, Adhikari said he would not forget the “atrocities" faced by them and assured them of taking appropriate action against perpetrators through legal processes.
"I was part of the 2011 ‘poribartan’ (change), and now I am part of the real change. I offer my gratitude to the people of Nandigram," Adhikari said.
He was referring to the TMC's victory in 2011 when the Mamata Banerjee party dismantled the 34-year Left Front regime in the state.
Adhikari offered prayers at a Hanuman statue in Nandigram and remembered the BJP workers, who had died in political violence.
"We will work in such a way that the BJP government in Bengal stays for 100 years," he said, expressing hope that the BJP’s vote share in the state would rise from the current 46 per cent to 60 per cent in future elections.
The BJP leader also assured residents of Nandigram of improved drinking water supply and better hospital and education infrastructure.
