Petrol, diesel prices to come down in Odisha; know details 

In a piece of good news for Odisha people, the prices of petrol and diesel will come down in nine places in Odisha. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri informed this in a social media post on X. 

Taking to his X handle, he wrote, “I welcome the announcement by OMCs to increase the Dealer Commission payable to petrol pump dealers & the decision to undertake intra-state freight rationalisation to benefit consumers located at remote locations (far from Petrol and Diesel depots of OMCs) which will result in a decrease in petrol & diesel prices in several parts of the country. (Decision in poll bound states and constituencies will be implemented later)."

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"This reflects PM @narendramodi Ji’s vision to bring even far flung areas at par with rest of the country in terms of facilities to our citizens, such as the North East Region which has being connected with world class road, air and rail infrastructure. For example, in Kunanpally & Kalimela in Odisha’s Malkangiri petrol price will reduce by ₹4.69 & ₹4.55; and Diesel price will reduce by ₹4.45 & ₹4.32 respectively," read his post. 

As per his post, the prices of Petrol and Diesel will come down in as many as nine places namely Kunanpally, Kalimela, Gondhipally, Nandapur, Maliput, Ramgiri, Badasagar, Raighar and Jharigram.