A kilo of CNG in Ahmedabad now costs Rs 98.47. Adani Total Gas added Rs 4.45 per kg on October 23, up from Rs 94.02, according to DeshGujarat and ETV Bharat Gujarati. The increase lands in the middle of Diwali shopping and travel, and it is the largest single revision the company has made this year.
Eight revisions since January, seven of them upward
The company opened 2026 with a Rs 1.21 cut on January 1. Since then the rate has moved only one way: Rs 0.50 in February, Rs 1.50 in April, two hikes of Rs 2.25 and Rs 2 in May, Rs 2 on July 19 and Rs 4 on August 1, DeshGujarat’s tally shows. The July revision took Ahmedabad from Rs 88.02 to Rs 90.02, and the August one to Rs 94.02, as reported at the time.
Put together, a motorist in Ahmedabad pays Rs 10.45 more per kg than in mid-July. Net of the January cut, the rise since New Year comes to roughly Rs 15.50 a kg. When it raised prices in August, the company reportedly blamed costlier gas sourcing, citing thinner domestic gas allocations and high global prices. Reports on the October hike, including GSTV‘s, carry no fresh explanation from the company.
Rickshaw meters have not moved with the pump
For a private car owner the hike is an irritant. A driver who fills 10 kg pays Rs 44.50 more per fill than last week. For auto-rickshaw and app-cab drivers, CNG is the main daily expense, and they cannot pass the cost on by themselves. Metered rickshaw fares in Gujarat need the transport authorities’ approval, and drivers told Gujarat Samachar the transport commissioner has not cleared fare revisions in line with the fuel increases.
One Ahmedabad driver told ETV Bharat he now needs about two extra hours on the road to take home the same earnings. In Vadodara, rickshaw drivers warned of a statewide protest with the Gujarat State Auto Rickshaw Federation and the Gujarat Sarathi Sangh if the company does not withdraw the increase. Drivers in Junagadh and Surendranagar raised similar complaints with the channel.
Passengers may feel it next. School van operators and shared-auto drivers set their own monthly or per-seat charges, and several drivers told reporters they expect to raise them. App-cab drivers have struck over fares before; Gujarat Samachar noted earlier protests by online cab and rickshaw drivers, which ended without a lasting settlement.
Adani Total Gas has not announced any rollback. Any new fare decision for metered rickshaws would have to come from the state transport department.
Sources: DeshGujarat, ETV Bharat Gujarati, Gujarat Samachar, GSTV
This report was written with AI assistance from the publicly reported sources linked here; each fact was cross-checked against at least two of them.