Diesel is now available at over Rs 100 a litre in several parts of the country.
The hike in fuel prices has also affected the prices of other essential commodities like oil, pulses and vegetables, setting kitchens on fire.
In Odisha, the compounding effect of fuel price hike continues to pile up more miseries on people with the rise in fares of public transport. As per the data available with OTV, in the last 20 days, petrol prices have jumped over Rs 4.50 while diesel has now become dearer by Rs 5.49 since September 28.
Since the ending of a three-week-long hiatus in rate revision in the last week of September, this is the 14th increase in petrol price and the 17th time that diesel rates have gone up.
This is the 13th time that petrol price has been hiked in two weeks while diesel rates have gone up on 16 times in three weeks.
Prices of auto fuels petrol and diesel rose on Friday too as global oil surged again, with benchmark Brent crude gaining over 1 per cent to cross $83 a barrel.
The Power Minister also desired the ministry to hold a separate review of power plants with captive mines to ensure maximum use of these mines by the power plants.
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Bhubaneswar: Normal life in the State was thrown out of gear since early in the morning as the country-wide bandh by the Congress activists protesting fuel price hike began today. Passengers were seen stranded at Badambadi in Cuttack, Baramunda in Bhubaneswar and other places in the State as buses stayed off roads due to the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Six persons including Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress (OPYC) president Loknath Maharathy were today arrested by police for pulling down a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a petrol pump near Delta square in Bhubaneswar. Maharathy along with other members of the Youth Congress was protesting fuel price hike by the Centre. Earlier in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Protesting violence during the BJD’s Hak Pain Hartal against fuel price hike on Monday, the BJP Yuva Morcha staged demonstration at various places across the state today. The party demanded immediate arrest of protestors involved in vandalism during the protest. “Activists of the ruling party beat up the public and even misbehaved with women […]
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