Petrol and diesel prices continued the upward trend across the country as state owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have again increased the price of sensitive petroleum products like petrol and diesel in the country on Sunday.
The prices of petrol and diesel touched a new high on Sunday with Mumbai paying the maximum among the four metros.
After the revision, a litre of petrol now costs Rs 90. 84 in Mumbai and diesel is being priced at Rs 79.40. In Delhi, petrol is being sold at Rs 83.49 per litre and diesel costs Rs 74.79 per litre.
The petrol price was hiked by 0.09 paisa in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai and by 0.10 paisa in Chennai.
While in Chennai petrol price is Rs 86.80 and diesel is Rs 79.08. Petrol now costs Rs 85. 30 per litre and diesel Rs 76.64 per litre in Kolkata.
Fuel prices have been witnessing a steep rise since the past few weeks. The petrol prices has gone up about 8 per cent while diesel prices has gone up by 10 per cent since August 1, 2018.
While the Opposition has blamed the union government for not doing enough to keep a check on prices, the latter has maintained that global crude oil prices and other international factors are causing a hike in prices of petroleum products.
