Diesel price breaches 3-digit mark in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: After petrol, for the first time diesel price has touched the three-digit mark in the city. Diesel is now costing a record Rs 100/ litre, going up from Rs 64.4/ litre in March 2020, an increase of Rs 35.6 in 19 months. Meanwhile, a litre of petrol cost Rs 109.1 here on Saturday.
Bengaluru became the third metropolitan city after Mumbai and Hyderabad, where the price of diesel has breached the 100-rupee mark. On Saturday, a litre of diesel cost Rs 102.8 in Hyderabad, Rs 102.1 in Mumbai, Rs 98.6 in Chennai, Rs 97.3 in Kolkata and Rs 94.2 in New Delhi.
