Fuel price hiked again

State-owned oil marketing companies Tuesday hiked petrol price by 54 paise per litre and diesel by 58 paise per litre for the third day in a row after 82-day hiatus in rate revision. After today’s rate revision, the rate of petrol in Dimapur rose from Rs. 77.95 to Rs.78.47 per litre while diesel was increased to Rs. 69.78 from Rs. Rs. 69.27 per litre. In the state capital Kohima, a litre of petrol rose from Rs. 78.80 to Rs. 79.32 while the diesel price was increased to Rs. 70.46 from Rs.69.94 per litre.