Petrol price at record high of ₹87.60 per litre in Delhi on Wednesday
NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday continued with the hike in prices of transportation fuel, raising petrol and diesel rates by 35 paise a litre and 25 paise, respectively, in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
Retail prices of petrol hit a new record high of ₹87.60 per litre in Delhi, while diesel prices retailed at ₹77.73 a litre in the national capital. In Mumbai too, petrol and diesel were being sold at a record high at ₹94.12 a litre and ₹84.63 a litre, respectively.
Having held rates steady for 29 days, OMCs had been increasing auto fuel prices since early January.
