Diesel sales dip 15%, petrol unchanged in Mumbai

Mumbai: High fuel prices have now hit diesel sales, which have plummeted at least 15% at the pumps in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, according to Petrol Dealers’ Association.
Association secretary Chetan Modi said, “There is a significant drop in the number of trucks, trailers, tempos, tourist buses, Ola and Uber cabs, and dumper trucks arriving at over 200 pumps in the region. They would come in large numbers to fill diesel but now the numbers have fallen.”
Sources in the association said the average sales of diesel per pump every month were around 200 kilolitres, which, of late, have come down to 165-170 kilolitres. The reason: Several tourist buses are not plying due to Covid restrictions or drop in passengers, many goods transporter firms are hit, there is a drop in the number of truck arrivals, and a lot of Ola and Uber cabs have switched to CNG.