Petrol, diesel prices at fresh highs as rates up for 2nd straight day
NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday scaled new highs in the country as rates were hiked for the second day in a row.
Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
The increase took petrol price to an all-time high of Rs 87.60 a litre in Delhi and to Rs 94.12 in Mumbai. Diesel rates rose to Rs 77.73 per litre in the national capital and to an all-time high of Rs 84.63 in Mumbai.
