Fuel price surge continued unabated for the 22nd time in 39 days, making petrol costlier by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise on Friday, leading to ₹99.05 a litre pump price of petrol in Bengaluru, the second metro that is about to touch the ₹100-mark after Mumbai.
Diesel price is also inching towards ₹100 a litre for the first time in the country as it is sold at ₹99.80 per litre in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar on Friday. The city now sells petrol at ₹106.94 per litre, the highest in the country.
The Friday hike has made petrol costlier by ₹5.45 per litre and diesel by ₹6.02 across the country since May 4, a day after results of five assembly polls were declared.
