Fuel prices cut

Fuel prices cut
ekantipur, 26-Dec-08

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Friday reduced the prices of petroleum products for fourth time in three weeks. It cut price per cylinder of cooking gas by Rs 50. Now on, a cylinder of cooking gas will cost Rs. 1150 throughout the country except in the Tarai, where it will cost Rs. 1130.

The price per litre of petrol has been reduced to Rs. 80 from Rs. 85. Price per litre of diesel and kerosene has gone down to Rs. 59.50 from Rs. 60.50 in the Kathmandu Valley. Now on, domestic airliners will have to pay Rs. 85 for a litre of aviation fuel, which used to cost Rs. 90. For international airlines, per kilolitre of aviation fuel will cost US$ 1,000. Earlier, it used to cost US$ 1,200.