Petrol crosses Rs 120-mark in Madhya Pradesh

The price of petrol in Mumbai rose to its highest-ever level of R115.15 per litre in Mumbai, and diesel now costs Rs 106.23

Petrol and diesel prices on Sunday were hiked for the fourth straight day by 35 paise per litre each, pushing pump rates to new record high across the country with states with high incidence of local taxes such as Madhya Pradesh having the costliest fuel.

The price of petrol in Mumbai rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 115.15 per litre in Mumbai, and diesel now costs Rs 106.23. Petrol price has been hiked on 25 occasions since September 28, and overall rise has been Rs 8.15 a litre. Diesel rate has been increased by R9.45 per litre in 28 hikes since September 24.

Petrol price crossed R120/litre-mark in places such as Panna, Satna, Rewa, Shahdol, Chhindwara and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. The same level has also been crossed in two border towns of Rajasthan — Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.

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