Hyderabad: While the community have been busy to protect themselves from the coronavirus, the prices of fuel, both petrol and diesel, have silently rising up like CoronaVirus.

In just nine days, the price of petrol has gone up by Rs 5.20 per litre, while that of diesel went up by Rs 4.50 per litre. On Monday, petrol was going at Rs 79.17 a litre, while diesel was being sold at Rs 72.93 a litre.

Beginning from June 7, fuel prices have been on the rise in the city, rising steadily from Rs 73.97 to Rs 79.17, while the price of a litre of diesel had reached Monday’s Rs 72.93 from Rs 68.42 in the same period.

Rajeev Amaram, Joint Secretary (South), Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers, said “The current fuel prices are very likely to go up by another Rs 3 to Rs.4 per litre,” in the city in the next few days.