Petrol Prices cannot Be Raised Above Rs. 99.99 litres

The fuel prices are increasing day by day since the past few weeks. The skyrocketing prices have burnt the hole in the pockets of the consumers. The fuel prices in New Delhi has reached Rs. 81.63 per litre mark on 15th September whereas the Mumbai had to empty the pockets for Rs. 89.01 per litre.

The display machine can show just Rs. 0.33 per litre. Hence the petrol pump owners say that, “We have to manually update the fuel prices every day because they keep changing. The fuel dispenser can’t handle more than Rs 100 as of now.”

This rise in the global crude oil rates are being cited to be the main reason behind this sudden surge. The petrol users even joked that the petrol prices might hit century this time and guess what fuel prices have already breached the Rs 100/litre mark.

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The good news is for those consumers who use normal petrol. Premium petrol consumers are bearing such a high cost as on September 08, the price of Octane quality petrol was increased to Rs 100.33/litre.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) sells the 99 Octane petrol under the name of “Power 99”. The price of this premium petrol is Rs 20 more than the cost of normal petrol. Since the display machines can show a maximum value of only Rs 99.99, hence, the petrol pump services had to be stopped and a special engineer had to be called to re-calibrate the machines.

These petrol pumps being automated it means that their value can be changed only from the central server, hence, they need to be closed down so that the required adjustments can be made.

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