New Delhi : Despite the recent hike in compressed natural gas (CNG) price, the green fuel has become more attractive for vehicle owners in the capital with the rise in petrol and diesel prices, says Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) Managing Director A.K. De.
The attraction for CNG remains despite the hike in price by Rs.1.20 on June 5/6 following the hike in natural gas price by the government. In fact, compared to other suppliers of CNG, we are continuing to supply CNG at a cheaper price even after the hike, De told IANS.
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New Delhi : The Delhi government today slashed petrol and diesel prices by 67 paise and 22 paise per litre respectively.
The Centre last week raised petrol prices by Rs four per litre, and diesel by Rs two per litre. The government has decided to waive Value Added Tax on the hiked portion of the petrol and diesel price, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said after a cabinet meeting. The VAT rate is 20% for petrol and 12.5 % for diesel in Delhi.
Petrol will now cost Rs 46.83 per litre and diesel Rs 32.25 per litre. The government would have
Delhi has sought the opinion of states, especially neighbouring Haryana and Punjab, before announcing any cut in petrol and diesel prices.
A day before the crucial Delhi Cabinet meeting on petrol and diesel prices, the government asked Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu about the quantum of cut in the prices.
Delhi finance minister A K Walia spoke to finance ministers of other states to ask how they have reached a specific decision on the issue.
According to sources, Delhi government is keen to see what the neighbouring Congress-ruled states do in the present scenario.
At present, Delhi
New Delhi : The national capital got some respite from the tormenting power outages today as there was negligible loadshedding in the city due to a sharp decrease in electricity demand.
Reeling under a severe electricity shortage, resulting in power cuts and blackouts for the last several days, residents of the city heaved a sigh of relief as there was only 18 mw loadshedding throughout the day.
There was a significant dip in power demand in the city because offices were closed today due to Sunday, a transco official said.
The peak power demand was 3059 mw today as compared
New Delhi : Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the sole provider of piped cooking gas in the capital, is planning to scale up its infrastructure because the list of residential areas awaiting connection is growing faster than the networks expansion.
The increasing demand is due to the monthly bill for piped gas proving to be less than the cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, a survey done by IGL has found.
We receive a lot more requests from resident welfare associations (RWAs). Earlier 30-50 percent residents in a colony opted for the piped gas connection, now 70-77 percent go for it, IGL
NEW DELHI: Realising full well that the state-of-the-art Delhi Metro could become a target of terrorists planning to inflict large-scale damage, security on the railway network has been stepped up. However, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials maintain that there is a need to keep constant vigil and mere knee-jerk reactions involving making of announcements and increasing the number of personnel will not do.
While the Rapid Action Force has been deployed along with sniffer dogs and the number of bomb disposal squads has been increased, DMRC is not happy with the overall approach to security. Stating that the Delhi police