Petrol, Diesel Rates Hiked For Sixth Straight Day; Petrol at Rs109.69 in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the sixth consecutive day today after a two-day pause across the country Monday.

The latest increase has pushed pump rates across the country to their highest-ever levels.

Petrol and diesel prices were again hiked by 35 paise per litre each, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

Petrol now costs  ₹109.69 a litre in Delhi and  ₹115.50 in Mumbai. Diesel is now priced at  ₹98.42 a litre in Delhi and  ₹106.62 in Mumbai.

As for Kolkata and Chennai, petrol and diesel cost  ₹110.15 and  ₹101.56 and  ₹106.35 and  ₹102.59 respectively in Chennai.

In Bengaluru, petrol is available at  ₹113.56 per litre and diesel at  ₹104.50 and in Hyderabad, one litre of petrol is now available at  ₹114.12 and diesel cost  ₹107.40 for one litre of diesel.

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