Petrol price almost touching Rs 100 now, panic in public

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New Delhi, Petrol at Rs 88.26/litre (increase by Rs 0.14/litre) and diesel at Rs 77.47/litre (increase by Rs 0.15/litre) in Mumbai. Locals say, ‘Prices are increasing everyday. We appeal to the govt to reduce the prices. We will be less burdened if they do so.’

The Opposition united yesterday to register its protest against the spiraling fuel price, but on the ground, it did not have any effect on the fuel price today. As many as 21 opposition parties, both regional and national, extended their support to the countrywide strike.

Fuel prices continued its northward march on Tuesday with petrol being sold at Rs 80.87 and diesel at Rs 72.97 per litre in the national capital, Despite Opposition’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ .
Both the petrol and diesel prices saw a hike of 14 paise per litre in Delhi. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, petrol and diesel have touched a new high of Rs 88.26 and Rs 77.47 per litre respectively.
The Congress party along with other Opposition parties called a nationwide strike across the country on Monday to protest against the rising prices of petrol and diesel and the falling value of the rupee against the US dollar.

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