Petrol price up by Rs 3.5, diesel by Rs 5 this year

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel price rose again on Tuesday with a climb of 7 paise in petrol costs whereas diesel was raised by 10 paise per litre.

Since the starting of this year, the price of petrol has gone up by about Rs 3.5 a litre and that of diesel by about Rs 5 a litre.

A litre of petrol now costs Rs 72.24 a litre in Delhi, Rs 77.87 in Mumbai, Rs 75.02 in Chennai, Rs 74.64 in Bengaluru and Rs 74.33 in Kolkata.