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Petrol and diesel cheaper

NEW DELHI APRIL 26. As per the agreement between the All-India Motor Transport Congress and the Government, which brought to an end the 10-day transporters' strike, the State-owned oil companies today decided to reduce petrol and diesel prices between Re. 1 and Rs. 1.20 a litre from midnight tonight.

Though the mandatory revision of prices was due on April 30, the Government had assured the transporters that the date of revision will be brought forward. This agreement brought the strike to an end.

The oil companies said that the reduction in prices of the two fuels, second in a month, followed further decrease in oil prices in the international market.

Petrol and diesel will be cheaper by Re. 1 each at Rs. 31.49 and Rs. 20.12 a litre, respectively in Delhi. In Kolkata, petrol will be down Re. 1 at Rs. 33 a litre, while diesel will fall by Rs. 1.01 at Rs. 21.51 a litre. Petrol will be available at Rs. 36.43 a litre in Mumbai, down by Rs. 1.09 and diesel will be priced at Rs. 25.50 a litre, a fall of Rs. 1.20. In Chennai, petrol and diesel prices will be Rs. 34.40 and Rs. 22.43 a litre, down by Rs. 1.08 and Rs. 1.12, respectively.

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