Petrol crosses Rs 100 a litre in six Vidarbha districts

NAGPUR: Petrol rates crossed Rs 100 per litre mark in six districts of Vidarbha on Sunday. These are Buldhana (Rs 101.11) Washim (Rs 100.30), Yavatmal, (Rs 100.79), Gadchiroli (Rs 100.09), and Gondia (Rs 100.72) and Amravati Rs 100.92. In city, it was Rs 99.30 a litre.
At Rs 99.88 a litre, Bhandara is closest among the districts of Vidarbha where it has not reached Rs 100 yet.In February this year petrol rates were over Rs 97 a litre in Nagpur and it was expected that it may soon touch Rs 100 but did not. Then it was already Rs 100 in other parts of the region, especially remote pockets.
With an average increase of 11 paise a day since May 1, it appears that petrol price may touch Rs 100 within a week in Nagpur too. Since May 1 the rates have increased by Rs2.64. There have been days when the rates have jumped by 20 to 30 paise also.
At Rs 89.75, diesel rates in the city are already close to Rs 90 mark. Since May 1, the diesel has got costlier by Rs 3.4. Considering the current rate of hike, diesel may be Rs 90 in a couple of days at Nagpur.
In other seven districts, diesel prices have already crossed the Rs 90 mark. These include Amravati, Washim, Yavatmal, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, and Gadchiroli. Amravati has the highest rates of Rs 92.76, followed by Buldhana at Rs 91.45 a litre.