In the fifth hike effected in three months that 24 lakh consumers in the metropolis, the Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) will go in for an increase in the the prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural gas (PNG) with effect from midnight of Saturday.
The basic price of CNG is being increased by Rs 2.50 per kg, while the domestic PNG is being hiked by Rs 1.50 per Standard Cubic Meter (SCM) for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
Accordingly, the revised all-inclusive prices of CNG that fuels vehicles will go up from Rs 63.50/kg to Rs.66.00/kg, the domestic PNG shall shoot up from Rs 38 per SCM to Rs.39.50 per SCM.