After a day’s hiatus, the state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) Sunday increased the prices of petrol and diesel by 21 paise per litre and 20 paise a litre respectively. The increase on Sunday is the 20th increase in prices since May 4.
After the rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur rose to Rs.93.51 per litre while diesel climbed to Rs.87.77 a litre. In Kohima, price of petrol increased to Rs. 94.45 per litre and diesel price surged to Rs.88.53 per litre. A litre of petrol and diesel in Tuensang was the highest in the state at Rs. 96.63 and Rs. 90.53 respectively followed by Kiphire– petrol at Rs. 96.54 a litre and diesel at Rs. 90.49 per litre.