CNG and piped cooking gas price in the national capital and adjoining cities was on Saturday cut in sync with a reduction in natural gas prices. Indraprastha Gas Ltd in a statement said the CNG price in Delhi has been reduced by Rs. 1.53 per kg in Delhi and by Rs 1.70 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. The new consumer price of Rs. 42.70 per kg in Delhi and Rs. 48.38 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida & Ghaziabad came into be effective from 6.00 am on October 4, 2020, it said.
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The revised CNG price in Muzaffarnagar is be Rs. 56.55 per kg, in Karnal & Kaithal is Rs. 50.68 per kg, in Rewari & Gurugram is Rs. 53.40 per kg and in district Kanpur is Rs. 59.80 per kg. Along with automobile segment, the benefit of reduction in gas prices has been extended to the household segment also. IGL has cut piped cooking gas (PNG) prices effective October 4 across all cities.
CNG price in Delhi will be reduced by Rs 1.53 per kg in Delhi and by Rs 1.70 per kg in Noida
The consumer price of PNG to the households in Delhi has been decreased by Rs.1.05 per scm from Rs. 28.55 per scm to Rs. 27.50 per scm, while the applicable price of domestic PNG to households in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad cut by Rs. 27.45 per scm, which has gone down by Rs. 1 per scm from Rs 28.45 per scm. In Karnal and Rewari, the applicable price of domestic PNG would now be Rs. 27.55 per scm, which has been reduced by Rs. 1.05 per scm.
The revised PNG price in Gurugram is Rs. 28.20 per scm, and in Muzzafarnagar is Rs. 32.75 per scm. IGL is supplying PNG to around 9.5 lakh households in Delhi and around 5 lakh households in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Muzzafarnagar, Karnal and Rewari.
"With the revised price, CNG would offer over 62 per cent savings towards the running cost when compared to petrol-driven vehicles at the current level of prices in Delhi. When compared to diesel-driven vehicles, the economics in favour of CNG at revised price would be over around 40 per cent," IGL said.
