Almost two weeks after the petrol price crossed the ₹100-mark in city, the rate of diesel reached an all-time high of ₹95.33 per litre on Friday. This is for the first time that the price of diesel in Chandigarh has soared past ₹95 per litre, increasing by almost ₹3 per litre over the past two weeks. On Thursday, the price of diesel was at ₹94.99 per litre.
Petrol prices too have been on a continuous rise, going from ₹100.24 on October 10 to ₹102.88 per litre on Friday. In the tricity, Mohali has the highest fuel rates with diesel priced at ₹98.77 per litre and petrol at ₹108.97 per litre. In Panchkula, the price of diesel is ₹96.15 per litre while that of petrol is ₹104.26 per litre.
Both Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have been organising protests ever since the price of petrol touched ₹100 per litre in Chandigarh.
