With price of diesel for bulk users being increased by Rs 25 per litre, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) and the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will now be forced to send their buses to retail petrol pumps.
Oil marketing companies had on Sunday hiked the price of diesel by Rs 25 per litre, making the fuel significantly more expensive for bulk consumers such as malls, factories, buses and the Railways, compared to retail consumers.
Public bus transporters BEST and MSRTC fall under the bulk users category and have pumps on their depots where they get diesel at an institutional price. However, since bulk diesel price has been hiked, they will have to pay more than the retail price to buy the fuel.
