No respite from rising fuel prices as petrol surge for 16th day

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Nagpur: Fuel prices continue to touch another peak for the 16th consecutive day, with petrol being sold at rs 86.00 per litre in Nagpur, Rs 78.43 per litre in Delhi and Rs 86.24 per litre in Mumbai.

The cost of diesel per litre has also been increased to rs 72.48 per liter in Nagpur, Rs 69.31 per litre in Delhi and Rs 73.79 a litre in Mumbai.

the cost of CNG has been increased by Rs 1.36 per kg in Delhi and Rs 1.55 per kg in in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad.

All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee is expected to protest against the fuel price hike at noon at Gandhi Murti in Kolkata.

As the Centre has come under fire over fuel price hike, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had earlier assured that the government will soon find a solution to tackle the situation.

He further pointed out that less production of oil in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and hike in crude oil price in the international market are some of the factors affecting the fuel price