MUMBAI: The price of diesel in the Mumbai metropolitan region has fallen and it has dropped below the Rs 80-mark.
The price of diesel in Mumbai on Sunday was Rs 79.81 per litre while that in Thane and Navi Mumbai had dipped to Rs 79.91 per litre. The price of diesel in Mumbai was at a 20-month high lately at Rs 80.11 per litre.
While the price was Rs 66.21 a litre in Mumbai on May 31, it increased by around Rs 14 a litre to touch at Rs 80.11 a litre at the city pumps. With the gradual dip and more likely in coming days, sources said that this will benefit the transport sector which depends on this fuel for transportation of commodities and essential goods.
