The prices of petrol and diesel are relentlessly increasing. Saturday was the fourth consecutive day when the prices of autmobile fuels went up. After a 35 paise increase, petrol is retailing at ₹107.24 per litre in Delhi and diesel at ₹95.97 a litre.
In Mumbai, petrol and diesel prices per litre stand at ₹113.12 and ₹104.00 respectively.
The prices of these fuels have been increased 19 times since September 28, Hindustan Times’ sister publication Livehindustan reported. Due to this, petrol has become costlier by ₹5.7 per litre and diesel prices have gone up by ₹7 a litre since September 24. Since that date, diesel prices have been increased 22 times, Livehindustan reported.