New Delhi, July 5 (IANS): After declining by around INR 2-3 over a month period, petrol and diesel prices rose for the first time in a month across the four metros on Thursday.
In the national capital, petrol was sold at INR 75.71 per litre, up from INR 75.55 on Wednesday, data on the Indian Oil Corp’s website showed.
In the other key cities of Kokata, Mumbai and Chennai, the fuel was priced at INR 78.39, INR 83.10 and INR 78.57 per litre, respectively, against the previous levels of INR 78.23, INR 82.94 and INR 78.40 per litre.
This rise in fuel prices assumes significance as just prior to the recent decline, petrol and diesel prices rose to all-time high levels across the four metropolitan cities, that too at a much higher rate.
In contrast to the fall of nearly INR 3 in petrol prices in the last 36 days, price of the fuel had spiralled nearly Rs 4 in just 16 days before prices started to drop.
Similarly, diesel prices also rose on Thursday after declining by nearly INR 2 per litre in the last one month.
Diesel prices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai on Thursday were INR 67.50, INR 70.05, INR 71.62 and INR 71.24, respectively, up from INR 67.38, INR 69.93, INR 71.49 and INR 71.12 per litre.
