New Delhi [India], May 30 (NT): After 16 days of continuous increase in  fuel prices on Wednesday observed a minor fall.

The petrol prices have been slashed to 60 paise in Delhi and 59 paise in Mumbai while diesel price fall down by 56 paise in Delhi and 59 paise in Mumbai.

 Here are the revised petrol prices in metropolitan cities

- Delhi: Rs 77.83 per litre

 -Mumbai: 85.65; Kolkata: 80.47

-Chennai: 80.80.

 And the cost of diesel per litre as on Wednesday:

 Rs 68.75 per litre in Delhi,

Rs 73.20 per litre in Mumbai,

Rs. 71.30 in Kolkata

Rs. 72.58 in Chennai.

The straight fuel price hike has caused trouble and distress among the common people for the last 16th days.

With the historic hike in fuel prices made a hole in the pockets of the buyers, the people across the nation damned the Modi-led-Centre Govt for the continuous increase in the fuel prices.

In a response, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan earlier assured the Indians that the government will soon solve the situation.

He further counted that less production of oil in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and increase in crude oil price in the global market are some of the factors affecting the fuel price.