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MUMBAI: Petrol price in Thane and Navi Mumbai have crossed the Rs 100-mark and is retailing at Rs 100.06 per litre. Diesel price is also at a record high of Rs 91.99 per litre.
Petrol price in Mumbai was also six paise shy of Rs 100 a litre on Thursday. It was retailing at Rs 99.94 a litre in the morning. Diesel too is at a new high price of Rs 91.87 per litre.
Activists have demanded that both Centre and state should rollback excise duty and VAT to some extent in order to give relief to consumers and bring down prices. The highest price of petrol in the state was in Parbhani where it was retailing at Rs 102.30 per litre on Tuesday. The highest diesel rate is Rs 93.34 in Amravati district.