Fuel prices kept rising steadily over past one week with petrol price inching towards ₹100 mark for one litre on Sunday.
After the hike of 23 and 29 paise, petrol and diesel prices touched ₹98.88 and ₹90.40 for a litre on Sunday, respectively.
On Saturday, one litre of petrol was priced at ₹98.65 while diesel was available at ₹90.11 for a litre. About a week ago on May 10, petrol cost ₹97.86 and diesel ₹89.17 for one litre. Fuel prices have increased steadily since May 3.
Earlier on April 15, petrol was priced at ₹96.83 for one litre and diesel at ₹87.81, as opposed to ₹96.98 and ₹87.96 for petrol and diesel on April 14, respectively.