Petrol price crosses Rs 100/litre in city; all 4 metros in league of centurions
NEW DELHI: Regular petrol now costs Rs 100-plus per litre in all four metros, with Delhi and Kolkata joining the league of centurions on Wednesday as high taxes continued to amp up the impact of rising oil prices in the international market.
Petrol price in the national capital and Kolkata crossed Rs 100 after the 36th increase since May 4. On May 29, the country’s financial capital Mumbai was the first to earn the dubious distinction of becoming the first metro to see petrol selling for Rs 100 a litre. Chennai was next to see the fuel hit a century on July 2. Petrol sold for Rs 100 for the first time in the country in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district on February 17.
