Meghalaya Government has also decided to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 paisa per litre. The decision to reduce the petrol prices was taken after a cabinet meeting at Shillong today.

Talking to media persons after the meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that  the new price of petrol and diesel will be effective from tomorrow morning. It may be mentioned that the price of petrol in the city is Rs  81.65 per litre while the price of diesel is  Rs 74.23.

According to Tynsong, the  State Government  took the decision line with the decision of the Centre  recently where it reduced the petrol prices by Rs 2.50  per lite. With this decision, the State Government would be incurring a loss of around Rs 15 crore annually, the Deputy Chief Minister added.