Petrol price on Tuesday breached the Rs 85 a litre mark in the national capital and diesel neared record high after rates were raised for the second consecutive day.
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies.
This took the petrol price in Delhi to Rs 85.20 per litre and to Rs 91.80 in Mumbai.
Diesel rate climbed to Rs 75.38 a litre in the national capital – just shying away from its record high – and to an all-time high of Rs 82.13 in Mumbai, the price data showed.
