On Wednesday, fuel prices were once again hiked for the eighth time in the last nine days. So far, petrol and diesel prices have increased by Rs 5.60 per litre since the revision of fuel prices began on March 22. With the new rates, Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 101.01 per litre while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 91.47 per litre to Rs 92.27. In Mumbai, the petrol price rose to Rs 115.88 per litre while the rate of Diesel climbed to Rs 100.10 per litre. Amid the rise in fuel prices, citizens took to Twitter to share their views. Hashtags like #petroldieselpricehike and "Rs 5.60" started to trend on the microblogging site.
Here's how netizens reacted
Daily commuters be like
Rs 5.60 in 9 days hiked
Daily commuters be like :
슬롯사이트� Rama Shankar (@rockrama35)
Following the Pushpa trend for Fuel Price Hike
There is hike "Rs 5.60".
슬롯사이트� Durwa Sharma (@DurwaSharma)
On point
When you have filled your cylinders with petrol and now seeing people crying for Rs 5.60
슬롯사이트� Baandya (@Bahut_Scope_Hai)
Fuel price increasing by 'inches'
So, over the last 9 days, petrol prices have increased by Rs. 5.60.
That's 10 paise per inch.
슬롯사이트� Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats)
Time to switch to new mode of transport
New mode of transport is seen across India deu to the Rs. 5.60 in 😂🤣
슬롯사이트� Code ProfessorAB (@realprofessorAB)
Petrol pumps to customers
Petrol pumps to customers after price hike of Rs 5.60
슬롯사이트� Pawan_ 2.0 (@PawanSaysToo)
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