Fuel price hike: 1l of petrol costs ₹98.12; diesel ₹89.48

Fuel prices in the city hiked on Tuesday with one litre of petrol crossing ₹98

Fuel prices in the city hiked on Tuesday with one litre of petrol crossing ₹98. Premium petrol crossed ₹100 and was available at ₹102 in Mumbai.

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With a hike of 26 paise and 31 paise respectively, one litre of petrol was available at ₹98.12, while one-litre diesel was available at ₹89.48 on Tuesday.

Premium petrol that consists of higher octane (a chemical component of petrol), was available at ₹102.06 and premium diesel was available at ₹92.72.

On Monday, one litre of petrol was priced at ₹97.86 and one litre of diesel was available at ₹89.17.

One litre of petrol also crossed ₹100 in Parbhani in Maharashtra on Monday.

Citizens and transporters have expressed are irked by the constant rise in fuel prices.

“Constant increase of fuel prices with the shutting of local train services is impacting the lives of common citizens. How is one supposed to travel if the fuel prices are increasing every day and local trains shut? Taxes on petrol should be reduced immediately.” said Nitin Rathore, a Bandra resident.

“Lakhs and crores of rupees, as well as lives, were wasted in recent elections and nobody questioned their source, perhaps money recovered from excess taxation is siphoned for that purpose only as it does not reflect in any tangible benefit to the common man. Instead of providing any relief or facility to the people, the government is trying to squeeze the last drop of blood from them,” said Bal Malkit Singh, chairman, All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).