After a day’s hiatus, the state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Saturday again increased the prices of petrol and diesel taking the prices of two auto fuels to a fresh all-time high across the country. According to a price notification of state-owned OMCS, petrol price was increased by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise per litre.
After Saturday’s rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur surged to an all-time high of Rs.92.71 per litre while diesel price increased to Rs.86.99 per litre. In the state capital Kohima, petrol and diesel prices climbed to Rs.93.66 per litre and Rs.87.75 per litre respectively. This is the 15th increase in prices since May 4.