KOLKATA: The diesel price on Sunday inched closer to a century mark by rising to Rs 99.4 a litre.
However, diesel prices crossed the century mark at the threshold of the city — Rs 100.37 at Krishnanagar, Rs 100.31 at Berhampore.
On Friday, for the first time, diesel price crossed Rs 100 mark in Bengal as it hit the century run at multiple petrol pumps across Purulia, being sold at Rs 100.14 per litre.