AGARTALA, Oct 10 (TIWN): Along with national economic crisis situations, price hikes, petrol, diesel prices remained at up here in Tripura too.

Petrol prices in Agartala on Thursday remained at Rs. 74.09 (10th October 2019) whereas Diesel price was recorded by Rs. 68.83.

The rupee has also moved lower against the dollar, which has made petrol prices in Agartala more expensive than before.

Petrol and diesel prices have been reduced by 5 paise and 6 paise, respectively, across four major cities of India. Fuel prices have shown a steady decline after a continuous rise for several days last month. In total, petrol has seen Rs 1.01 paise drop in price, while diesel prices have been cut by 0.68 paise since October 2. In a big relief, the petrol prices have come down to below Rs 80 per litre-level in Mumbai, but diesel is still above Rs 70 in Chennai. Fuel prices in Delhi are the cheapest among the four metropolitan cities. 

Petrol, diesel prices in four major cities today:  Delhi: Petrol - Rs 73.54; Diesel - Rs 66.75 Mumbai: Petrol - Rs 79.15; Diesel - Rs 69.97 Kolkata: Petrol - Rs 76.23; Diesel - Rs 69.11 Chennai: Petrol - Rs 76.38; Diesel - Rs 70.51 In the past one month, petrol has seen an uptick of Rs 1.83 paise in Delhi, while diesel has risen by Rs 1.67 paise. The continuous spike in fuel prices in India was propelled by the drone attack on Saudi oil facilities that disabled around 5 per cent of the global supply.