Kochi: Kochi: Fuel prices have been hiked for the fifth straight day - petrol by 30 paise and diesel 38.
With this, petrol sells for Rs 90.27/Litre in Thiruvananthapuram and diesel Rs 84.66. At places outside the city petrol is priced above 91.
Prices for petrol in Kochi and Kozhikode rose to Rs 88.55 and Rs 82.99 per litre respectively. The hike on Saturday is the 7th this month.
In the straight hike of past 5 days, petrol price rose by Rs 1.49 and diesel by Rs 1.69. If February so far be accounted for, petrol price has been upped by Rs 2.14 and diesel by Rs 2.38 per litre.
Incessant hike in centre’s excise tax, that is roughly equivalent to corresponding base prices of petrol and diesel, is the reason behind this non-stop hike that is worsening common man’s crises in terms of cost of everyday commodities, living costs and essential travel.
