New Delhi: Petroleum companies have increased the prices of new connections for domestic gas. A new connection cylinder weighing 14.2 kg will now cost Rs 2,200. This will come into effect from June 16. Now Rs 1450 has to be paid. If someone takes a connection of 2 cylinders, then he will have to pay Rs 4,400 only in the security item of the cylinder.

Now you will have to spend Rs 2200 for a cylinder weighing 14.2 kg for a new connection. New prices will have to be paid from June 16. Now Rs 1450 has to be paid. If someone takes a connection of 2 cylinders, then he will have to pay 44 hundred rupees only for the security of the cylinder. Earlier 2900 rupees had to be paid. Now instead of Rs 150, Rs 250 will have to be spent for the regulator. In a release issued by Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, it has been told that the security amount of 5 kg cylinder has now been increased to Rs 1,150 instead of Rs 800.

The customers of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana have also been shocked by the new rates. If these people double the cylinder on their connection, then the increased security amount for the second cylinder will have to be paid. However, if someone gets a new connection under the Ujjwala scheme, then the security amount for the cylinder will have to be paid as before.

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