Tuesday saw fuel prices going up for the eighth consecutive day.
In the last eight days, there has been an increase of around Rs 2 per litre of petrol and around Rs 1 per litre of diesel. This is one of the sharpest hikes in the past two years.
One litre of petrol in Bengaluru now costs Rs 76.67, a hike of 23 paise. A litre of diesel is priced at Rs 69.36 after a hike of 15 paise.
In Delhi, the price of petrol rose by 22 paise for a litre on Tuesday and diesel by 14 paise per litre.
The cost of petrol is Rs 74.13 in Delhi, Rs 79.79 in Mumbai and Rs 77.06 in Chennai. The cost of diesel in Delhi is Rs 67.07, Rs 70.37 in Mumbai and Rs 77.91 in Chennai.
