According to sources the year 2020 has started off on a sour note in terms of petrol and diesel prices, with prices increasing every day for the past five days. Meanwhile since january 1, the price of petrol has increased by 55 paise, while diesel prices increase by 72 paise. Furthermore on monday (January 6), prices increased by 15-16 paise for petrol and 17-18 paise for diesel across major metro cities and the surge in fuel prices comes on the back of Brent crude oil prices crossing $70 a barrel, which is an increase by over 2%.
Perhaps this is due to the rising geo-political tension in iran after the united states attacked and killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. Furthermore as per information on the Bharat Petroleum website, petrol prices in hyderabad touched Rs 80.54 per litre, while diesel price was at Rs 74.94 a litre. In bengaluru, petrol was priced at Rs 78.28, while diesel was at Rs 71.02. Also in thiruvananthapuram, the price of petrol was Rs 79.14 and diesel Rs 77.43. vijayawada has to now shell out Rs 80.25 a litre for petrol and Rs 74.30 for diesel.
Moreover according to information on the oil CORPORATION' target='_blank' title='indian oil corporation-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>indian oil corporation website, petrol now costs Rs 75.69 a litre in delhi, Rs 78.28 a litre in kolkata, Rs 81.28 a litre in mumbai and Rs 78.64 a litre in chennai, Rs 80.48 in hyderabad, Rs 78.22 in bengaluru, Rs 79.09 in trivandrum and Rs 79.64 in Vijayawada. Perhaps diesel prices cost Rs 68.68 a litre in delhi, Rs 72.02 a litre in mumbai, Rs 71.04 a litre in kolkata and Rs 72.58 in Chennai.
