Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 31: Petrol and diesel prices increased for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday to touch record high level across the country.
With a hike of 35 paise, the price of petrol in the national Capital rose to its highest ever levels of Rs 109.34 a litre. The price of diesel also saw a hike by 35 paise and took the fuel’s rate to Rs 98.07 per litre in Delhi.
In Mumbai, petrol stands at Rs 115.51 per litre whereas diesel costs Rs 106.23 per litre. As for Kolkata, the price of Petrol is Rs 109.79 per litre, while diesel is Rs 101.19 per litre. In Chennai, Petrol and diesel costs Rs 106.04 and Rs 102.25 per litre respectively.
Notably, fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of value-added tax.
The Central government is in talks with several oil-exporting countries on the issue of supply and demand of oils but there is no possibility of immediate relief in prices.
