New Delhi [India], Sep 21 (NT): Fuel prices continued to climb on Friday morning as petrol in the national capital New Delhi is being sold at Rs 82.32 per litre , That is the price of petrol has increased by 10 paisa compared to Thursday, while diesel at Rs 73.87 per litre.

In the financial capital Mumbai, petrol is being retailed at an all-time sky-scraping of Rs 89.69 per litre and diesel at Rs 78.42 per litre.

 Earlier a day, the petrol prices saw a hike of Rs 0.6 per litre in three metropolitan cities - Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata-to be sold at Rs 82.22, Rs. 89.60, Rs 84.70 respectively.

Meanwhile, Price of a liter of petrol in Chennai was hiked by 7 paise to be sold at Rs 85.48.

Worth mention here the rates of diesel remained unchanged in these four cities.

The petrol price are 84.16 in Kolkata and 85.58 in Chennai today while Diesel prices are at 73.87 in Delhi, 78.42 in Mumbai, 78.10 in Chennai and 75.72 in Kolkata.

The fuel price has been witnessing a sharp rise since the past few weeks. Earlier, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had blamed international factors for the gradully climb in the prices of petroleum products. (NT)