NASHIK: The price of petrol increased by 0.34 paise in Nashik city on Monday, while there was no change in diesel price.
Petrol on Monday was being sold at at Rs 106.35 per litre as against Rs 106.01 on Sunday. The cost of diesel remained constant at Rs 95.85 per litre.
Since June 1, the price of petrol has increased by Rs 5.40 per litre while that of diesel has gone up by Rs 4.36 per litre. According to Nashik Transporters’ Association, the constant rise in diesel prices has affected their business.
“We have annual contracts and the rates are decided at the time of contract in the beginning of the new financial year,” Subhash Jangda, an office-bearer of the Nashik Transporters’ Association, said.
“The increase is marginal, but the fuel prices have been increasing constantly. The government needs to reduce fuel prices and ensure that it will not increase continuously,” he added.
“There has been a huge rise in diesel prices during the last eight months. Earlier, I would spend Rs 40 lakh on transporting goods through trucks on the Nashik-Delhi route. Now, I need to spend around Rs 45 lakh on the same route,” said a transporter.
Nivrutti Nyaharkar, a farmer, said farmers resort to tractor-mounted equipment for farming activities. “The rates for ploughing and other farming activities through tractors have increased by over 30% during the past one year due to continuous rise in diesel prices,” he said.
“There has already been a rise in prices of seeds and fertilizers. Now, the rising price of diesel has become a major concern for us. We want the government to either reduce the prices or provide diesel to farmers at subsidized rates,” he said.
