By way of PTI
AURANGABAD: With gas costs being hiked a couple of instances during the last two weeks, the speed of petrol in Parbhani district in Maharashtra reached Rs 122.67 a litre on Tuesday, one of the most very best costs within the nation, basically because of the upper transportation price.
The steep upward thrust could also be attributed to the lengthy distance of over 400 km between Parbhani town positioned within the Marathwada area and the gas depot at Manmad within the Nashik district in north Maharashtra, a petroleum broker mentioned.
“The price of gas in Parbhani (district) is top because of the lengthy distance between the Panewadi gas depot at Manmad in Nashik district and Parbhani town,” Parbhani Petrol Sellers Affiliation president Amol Bhedsurkar mentioned on Tuesday.
He mentioned the spherical go back and forth distance for a tanker transporting gas to Parbhani from the Panewadi-based depot in Manmad is just about 730 km.
“The gas transportation price for Parbhani is just about Rs 2.07 in keeping with litre. The entire price runs into Rs 24,000 for running a gas tanker at the Manmad-Parbhani-Manmad go back and forth,” he mentioned.
Bhedsurkar additional mentioned the gas depot at Panewadi is the closest to Parbhani in comparison to different such depots in Maharashtra.
“Because of the lengthy distance between the depots and Parbhani, the gas price is going up. The cost of petrol in keeping with litre in Parbhani with out the broker’s benefit is Rs 119.02 as of Tuesday. At Rs 122.67 in keeping with litre, the speed of petrol in Parbhani is without doubt one of the very best within the nation,” he added.
When contacted, an authentic on the HPCL regional place of job in Aurangabad town mentioned that the costs of gas at a particular location rely at the distance between that location and the closest depot. “Because of the lengthy distance between Parbhani and Panewadi the price of gas could also be top,” he added.
Previous on Tuesday, petrol and diesel costs had been hiked by means of 80 paise a litre each and every, taking the entire build up in charges within the closing two weeks to Rs 9.20 in keeping with litre.