Petrol, diesel prices hiked again, 14th time in 24 days
The upward surge in fuel rates continued unabated for the fourteenth time in 24 days as state-run retailers raised petrol price by 24 paise per litre and diesel by 29 paise on Thursday, making petrol costlier by ₹3.28 a litre and diesel by ₹3.88 since May 4, a day after results of five assembly polls were declared.
While prices of auto fuels are at record levels across the country, petrol price is just 6 paise away from touching the ₹100 per litre mark in Mumbai. Diesel is at ₹91.87 a litre in the financial capital. With the latest hike, pump prices of petrol and diesel in Delhi also made a new record of ₹93.68 per litre and ₹84.61 a litre, respectively.
