Petrol price on July 2 crossed the Rs 100- per-liter mark in Chennai. Also, in some other places like Punjab and Kerala where fuel prices hiked yet again.

Accordingly, Petrol is priced at over Rs 99 a liter in Delhi and Kolkata - the only metro cities which haven't seen the Rs 100 mark yet.  Petrol price was hiked by 35 paise per liter on Friday but there was no change in diesel rates, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

In Chennai, the petrol price rose to Rs 100.13 a liter. Diesel price in the city was unchanged at Rs 93.72 per liter. Petrol in Delhi now comes for Rs 99.16 a liter and the same in Kolkata is priced at Rs 99.04.

Other metro cities such Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune,  had last month crossed the Rs 100-a-liter price. Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. Consequently,  petrol has crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in some places in Punjab and all over Kerala. Jalandhar in Punjab has the fuel priced at Rs 100.22 a liter while it costs Rs 101.14 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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