Kolkata: The price of one liter of gasoline crosses a 100-rupee sign on two fuel stations in the city and in 19 of the 23 countries on Monday.
In most of the city gas stations, the price is very embarrassed from three digits, floating between Rs 99.84 and Rs 99.90.
“How gasoline prices rise, we expect to achieve a sign of a century a week or more.
That it happened on Monday itself surprised us,” said Sheojee Prasad, CostSipore service station manager in Chiria More on BT Road, one of the two stations on where historical milestones are achieved.
The reason for the price difference in two pumps – both HP and in the same area, between Chiria is more and the crossing of the Sinthee – from other pumps it comes down to one reason: transportation costs.
Oil tankers, carrying fuel from loading points in the gudge budge, must travel longer to reach the fuel station on the other side of the Tunge bridge, because it is closed for repairs.
“Among several components that increase the price of retail fuel, price variations are basically determined by the distance between fuel loading points and expenditure stations,” said a fuel marketing company official.
A fuel marketing company official said: “In Kolkata, the price violated by Rs 100 only in two gas stations, where there are additional travel fees involved because of the closure of the tala bridge.
Gasoline sold at Rs 100.04 on both fuel stations on the day Monday.
“Interestingly, another gas station in BT Road, less than 3 km from these two pumps, continued to sell fuel at Rs 99.84 on Monday.
“The fuel station in Dunlop, which is less than 3km from one in Sinthee Crossing, has a fuel loading point in Mourigrams in Howrah, which is closer than the two pumps and officials adds.
A total of 19 of the 23 Bengal districts also witnessed ‘Century Petrol’.
A 49 increase in Paise per liter – 35th increase in two months – has also pushed commodity prices to new high.
On Monday, TOI has reported that the fuel station in the entire city is looking for a new electronic display panel that holds five Digit, without the maximum price that can be correctly shown is Rs 99.99.
With the price of gasoline crossing three digits, the price chart display panel (not the expenditure panel, which can display more digits) in service friends at Sinthee Crossing automatically .
“Even last year, we have sold gasoline at Rs 72.50.
Now, it was shot up to Rs 100.
As a result, our sales have dropped like anything.
Around this time last year, we used to sell around 2,200 liters of gasoline per day.
This time, there are an average sale of almost 1,600 liters per day, “said Sanjoy Konar, Station Manager, Friends Auto Service.
Unprecedented fuel costs also burned a hole in the middle class and middleclass bags.
The official water watershed alys.
First back and forth from Sinthee to Bhowanipore every day in his car, have started using two-wheeled vehicles to manage the budget.
“I used to travel with my car but to manage expenses, I have used my old motorcycle for last month,” said Tii Das .
Other car owners, Moulik Zaveri, said he had begun to remove his car more often to save fuel costs.
Around this time last year, gasoline in Kolkata was valued at Rs 73.88.
At the beginning of the year, Rs 85.19 in Kolkata.
It has been fell 17 Paisa in the month of election – from Rs 90.77 to Rs 90.62 – but firmly rose after the election.
“The price of gasoline continues to increase since the assembly, which has an impact On sales, “said Bengal Dealer Bengal Petroleum Vice-President Snehasis Bhowmik.
“The gas station owner barely gets Rs 2.80 as a commission, and the main portion of the money paid customers to make taxes collected by the center and country.
Gasoline sales have dropped by 25% to 30% even though there is an increase in private vehicles during a pandemic.
Sales must grow but slipping Because of an unprecedented price increase.
As a sign of protest, we will close the operation for 30 minutes between 19:30 and 8:00 on July 7 “