Petrol, diesel price hiked for 2nd consecutive day. Check latest rates

Petrol and diesel rates have been hiked for a second consecutive day. The fresh hike comes after consolidation in global crude oil rates, which also indicates that state-run oil companies may continue to hike fuel prices for a longer period. Check the latest petrol and diesel rates.

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have hiked fuel prices on Tuesday as international crude oil prices consolidated further. City Petrol (per litre) Diesel (per litre) New Delhi 94.49 85.38 Kolkata 94.50 88.23 Mumbai 100.72 92.69 Chennai 95.99 90.12 Both petrol and diesel rates have been hiked for a second consecutive day after a long time. For the past few weeks, OMCs were hiking prices only on alternate days. The current round of fuel price hike may continue for a longer period as global oil prices have started rebounding strongly. OMCs have hiked petrol price by roughly 26 paise and diesel has become dearer by 23 paise.