Kochi: Hike of fuel prices has become an almost everyday affair, thanks to the relentless upping of the excise tax by central government with no qualms of its adverse impact on ordinary lives. With prices now hiked for sixth time in just 10 days into this month, petrol prices have shot up to Rs 90 per litre. In the hike today, petrol price has been raised by 30 paise and diesel by 26 per litre. Thus, petrol price in Kochi stands at Rs 87.76 and diesel at Rs 81.99 per litre.
In Thiruvananthapuram the hike raised petrol prices to Rs 89.48/L and diesel to Rs 83.63 per litre. In Kozhikode, prices stand at Rs 88.06 and Rs 82.29 per litre for petrol and diesel respectively.
