Survival, not profit, has emerged as the big challenge, cabbies and transporters said as the price of diesel breached the Rs 100-per-litre mark in Kolkata on Thursday.
The fuel sold at Rs 100.14 per litre at Indian Oil pumps in the city, following a 36-paise hike overnight. The price varied by a few paise in Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum pumps.
Diesel scored a century 113 days after petrol touched the Rs 100-a-litre mark in the city.
On Thursday, The Telegraph spoke to people scalded by the rising diesel prices.
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A mini-truck refilled around 10 litres of diesel at a BP pump in Alipore on Thursday afternoon.
