On Wednesday, fuel prices were once again hiked for the eighth time in the last nine days. So far, petrol and diesel prices have increased by Rs 5.60 per litre since the revision of fuel prices began on March 22. With the new rates, Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 101.01 per litre while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 91.47 per litre to Rs 92.27. In Mumbai, the petrol price rose to Rs 115.88 per litre while the rate of Diesel climbed to Rs 100.10 per litre. Amid the rise in fuel prices, citizens took to Twitter to share their views. Hashtags like #petroldieselpricehike and "Rs 5.60" started to trend on the microblogging site.
Here's how netizens reacted
Daily commuters be like
Rs 5.60 in 9 days hiked
Daily commuters be like : pic.twitter.com/poaq3gFaOG
— Rama Shankar (@rockrama35) March 30, 2022
Following the Pushpa trend for Fuel Price Hike
There is #PetrolDieselPrices hike "Rs 5.60". pic.twitter.com/lbyaSMArHs
— Durwa Sharma (@DurwaSharma) March 30, 2022
On point
When you have filled your cylinders with petrol and now seeing people crying for Rs 5.60 pic.twitter.com/dJ9jPKWYUu
— Baandya (@Bahut_Scope_Hai) March 30, 2022
Fuel price increasing by 'inches'
So, over the last 9 days, petrol prices have increased by Rs. 5.60.
That's 10 paise per inch.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) March 30, 2022
Time to switch to new mode of transport
New mode of transport is seen across India deu to the #FuelPriceHike Rs. 5.60 in #India 😂🤣 #PetrolDieselPriceHike #Memes pic.twitter.com/6eo7emaUdF
— Code ProfessorAB (@realprofessorAB) March 30, 2022
Petrol pumps to customers
Petrol pumps to customers after price hike of Rs 5.60#PetrolDieselPriceHike pic.twitter.com/MfDNPztihO
— Pawan_ 2.0 (@PawanSaysToo) March 30, 2022
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