MUMBAI: The diesel rate in Maharashtra is edging closer to the Rs 100-mark in the state, as the revised price of the fuel in Amravati on Friday touched Rs 99.39 just 61 paise short of a century.
The price of diesel in Mumbai too was hiked for the sixth time in just over a week, and was retailing at Rs 97.84 per litre at the pumps. The petrol rate also went up for the third time in a week, peaking at Rs 107.95 per litre on Friday.
In Maharashtra, petrol is costliest at Parbhani, at Rs 110.52 a litre. In Thane, the petrol price breached the Rs 108-mark and was being sold at the pumps for Rs 108.08 per litre. Diesel rate in Thane was revised to Rs 97.98 per litre.
“The rising diesel price is not only turning the transport operations economically non-viable but also augmenting the already heightened inflation,” said Bal Malkit Singh of All India Motor Transport Congress.
