(LiveMint)
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the fourth consecutive day today after a two-day pause across the country. The latest increase that follows the unrelenting hike in international oil prices has pushed pump rates across the country to their highest-ever levels.
Petrol now costs ₹108.99 a litre in Delhi and ₹114.81 in Mumbai. Diesel is now priced at ₹97.72 a litre in Delhi and ₹105.86 in Mumbai. As for Kolkata and Chennai, petrol and diesel cost ₹109.46 and ₹100.84 respectively in Kolkata and ₹105.74 and ₹101.92 respectively in Chennai. In Bengaluru, petrol is available at ₹112.79 per litre and diesel at ₹103.72 and in Hyderabad, one litre of petrol is now available at ₹113.36 and diesel cost ₹106.60 for one litre of diesel.