New Delhi: Diesel prices remained unchanged on August 21 after three straight days of the rate cut. Petrol price was also stable on the day.
The diesel price saw a decline of 60 paise per litre between August 18 and August 20. The price cut took the fuel price to Rs 89.27. However, there was no change in the petrol prices. The last increase took the petrol price in Delhi near Rs 102 per litre-mark. The petrol price in New Delhi soared to Rs 101.84 a litre.
In Mumbai, the fuel prices witnessed a similar trend. The petrol price remained unchanged and retailed at Rs 107.83 a litre. The financial hub, on May 29, became the first metro in the country where petrol was being sold for more than Rs 100 per litre.
Diesel price also remained the same being sold at Rs 96.84 per litre in Maharashtra’s capital.
The fuel prices remain unchanged in Kolkata too, where a litre of petrol and diesel prices were Rs 102.08 and 92.32, respectively.
Chennai also retailed a litre of petrol at the same price – Rs 99.47. The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has recently announced a tax cut of Rs 3 on petrol per litre. Diesel price also remained unchanged at Rs 93.84 per litre in Tamil Nadu’s capital.
