"We will definitely try to pass on the price hike. It will be done in phases. We haven‘t passed it on completely", P Alli Rani, Director-Finance Container Corporation of India told CNBC-TV18.
Dense fog in Delhi cripples air, rail traffic
Schools, shops and government offices were shut in some states on Thursday as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms announced by the government last week.
Rail traffic was today disrupted on the Kalyan-Kasara section of the Central Railway with 12 trains cancelled and over a dozen others diverted after the Vidharbha Express collided with derailed bogies of a local train leaving one person dead and 13 injured.
The nationwide bandh call against petrol price hike today affected normal life in SAD-BJP ruled Punjab, but evoked a mixed response in Congress-led Haryana.