HYDERABAD: Another 10 more paisa and motorists in Hyderabad will have to shell out Rs 100 for one litre of petrol, even as 22 of the 33 districts in Telangana on Sunday reported hitting the century mark.
In the city, the petrol price per litre stands at Rs 99.9 while five districts reported prices over Rs 101 mark.
Petrol prices crossed Rs 100 mark for the first time in Adilabad district and reached Rs 101 mark along with Komarambheem Asifabad, Jogulamba Gadwal, Nirmal and Wanaparthy.
The highest price was observed in Jogulamba Gadwal at Rs 101.95.
“All these districts have crossed the century mark in terms of fuel prices due to the distance from the oil depots and additional travel costs,” a government official said.
The cost of petrol in Hyderabad per litre has increased since the beginning of this month.
The prices touched Rs 98 on June 1 and there was a further increase of Rs 2 in just 12 days, making it just 10 paisa away from touching Rs 100 mark.
The prices are hovering between Rs 99-100 in Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Karimnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Siddipet, Suryapet, Warangal rural, Warangal urban districts.
The lowest price of petrol was seen at Suryapet (Rs 99.42).
Sources in the industry say that the exact impact of the price on the sales of petrol would not be known immediately as the unlock procedure is still going on and several sectors have to still restart work.
“But there was a dip in sales to around 20%, but it varies from pump to pump.
The customers are not being given the subsidy benefit like in gas cylinders, which used to be the case earlier,” Marri Amarender Reddy, Petrol Pumps Owners Association of Telangana said.
Looking at how prices have been increasing, it is estimated that prices in a few districts will reach around Rs 105 by the end of this month.