Bhubaneswar: Petrol and diesel prices increased in capital city Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Today, the petrol price in Bhubaneswar has been recorded at Rs 107.08 per litre while the diesel price has been recorded at Rs 103.50 per litre. Earlier for two consecutive days the petrol and diesel price remained constant at Rs 106.77 and Rs 103.15 respectively.
On Monday as well as Sunday, the petrol and diesel rate were recorded at Rs 106.42 and at Rs 102.77 respectively in the temple city of Odisha. However, the cost of petrol and diesel rate have increased in the last 24 hours.
All major cities of Odisha has registered petrol price above 100 and the rate of petrol in Malkangiri district has been recorded to be the highest in the state. The other major cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow, Jaipur and other cities has also recorded the petrol price above Rs 100 including Rs 103.01 in Chennai, Rs 106.43 in Kolkata and Rs 111.77 in Mumbai. The diesel price in various cities are Rs 98.92 in Chennai, Rs 97.68 in Kolkata and in Mumbai the rates have crossed above Rs 100 mark at Rs 102.52.
On the same hand, the price of petrol in the national capital is Rs 105.84 per litre up Rs 4.65 per litre over the last three weeks while the price of diesel is at Rs 94.6 per litre up Rs 5.75 per litre.
India has seen a speedy recovery in the consumption of petrol than of diesel after pandemic-related restrictions with petrol consumption up 9 per cent in September compared to the year ago period but diesel consumption remaining 6.5 per cent below 2020 levels. Diesel accounts for about 38% of petroleum product consumption in India.
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