Petrol price crossed Rs 111, diesel too 'hit century'

Kochi: The fuel prices were hiked for the seventh consecutive day in Kerala. Diesel price hit Rs 100 mark in Thiruvananthapuram.

On Thursday, 87 paise and 84 paise were increased for petrol and diesel, respectively. By this, petrol price touched Rs 111.14 and diesel price hit Rs 98.16 in Kochi. Hence, within the last 9 days, the rate of petrol witnessed a hike of Rs 6.98 and Rs 6.74 was hiked for diesel.

In Thiruvananthapuram, the petrol price will soon hit Rs 113.