New Delhi: Drop in fuel prices continued on Tuesday in the national capital New Delhi and Mumbai due to a drop in the rates of crude oil.

Following this Petrol was priced at Rs 76.38 per litre in Delhi. It was down from Rs 76.52 from a day earlier. On the other hand Diesel here was at Rs 71.27. The price of it saw a cut of 12 paise from Monday. In the same way, prices were cut for both fuels in the financial capital of the nation Mumbai as well. To this Petrol in Mumbai was priced at Rs 81.90 per litre while diesel was at Rs 74.66.

In this polls season, the rates of fuel from corner to corner of India are witnessing a continuous decline due to a fall in the prices of crude oil. Worth mention here the United States lately softened its stand on Iran's sanctions and gave its approval to eight countries to keep on importing oil from Iran temporarily.