Petrol price crosses ₹100 mark in 4 states; new record in Capital
Petrol prices breached the ₹100 per litre mark in cities of Punjab, Bihar, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as fuel rate on Saturday surged by 35 paise a litre across the country, the 30th hike in 54 days.
With the latest hike of 35 paise, petrol is now costlier by ₹7.71 per litre and diesel by ₹7.92 since May 4, a day after results of assembly polls in four states and a Union territory were declared.
The petrol prices earlier crossed the ₹100 mark in towns of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
On Saturday, petrol was selling at ₹100.14 per litre in Patna. The fuel price also touched ₹100 per litre in Salem (Tamil Nadu) and was being sold at ₹100.09 in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala).
