Consumers fume as fuel prices touch the sky

Consumers have started feeling the pinch as the price of sensitive petroleum products has risen record high since deregulation. Petrol prices have touched ? 81.93 a liter in Mumbai, a 55-month high while diesel prices have touched ? 69.54, an all-time high on the back of rising international crude oil prices and taxes levied by the states and central government. With effect from April 20, petrol prices costs ? 81.93 a litre in Mumbai, ? 76.85 a litre in Chennai, ? 76.78 in Kolkata and ? 74.08 in Delhi. Similarly, Diesel prices costs ? 68.90 a litre in Chennai, ?s 68.01 a litre in Kolkata and ? 65.31 a litre in Delhi.