The Nepal Oil Corporation has reduced prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene by Rs3 per litre effective from Friday midnight.

Consumers will now have to pay Rs167 per litre for petrol in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Dipayal.

They have to pay Rs166 for a litre of petrol in Surkhet and Dang and it will cost Rs164.50 in Charaali, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Amlekhgunj, Bhalwari, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi and Birgunj.

Likewise, a litre of diesel and kerosene will now cost Rs157 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Dipayal; Rs156 in Surkhet and Dang and consumers have to pay Rs154.50 for a litre of diesel and kerosene in Charaali, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Amlekhgunj, Bhalwari, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi and Birgunj.

Meanwhile, the NOC kept prices of LP gas and aviation turbine fuel unchanged.