The supplies of petroleum products have resumed without any obstruction since Tuesday, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) regional office, Dhangadhi, informed.
The total number of fuel tankers supplied through the Gauriphanta border on Wednesday comprises 24 diesel and two petrol tankers. This is the highest quantity of fuel supplied to the country from India on Wednesday since India-imposed blockade at the border.
NOC regional office in Dhangadhi claimed that imports of petroleum products through the Gauriphanta border have come to normal.
Likewise, only five tankers of diesel went through the Biratnagar-Jogbani border on Wednesday while 88 tankers of petroleum products had entered on Tuesday.
As per the Biratnagar Customs Office, the supplies from India have remained usual without any obstruction on Wednesday as well.
Apart from fuel, 120 cargoes have entered through Biratnagar customs checkpoint on Wednesday, informed customs officer Rajendra Dhungana.
"There has not been border blockade from any side; neither by Indian authorities nor by Madhesi protesters since Tuesday," he said.
Although around 15 fuel tankers enter Nepal through the Kakarbhitta border on a daily basis, just six tankers, comprising three of diesel, two of petrol and one aviation fuel, have entered through the border.
"This is lower quantity of petroleum products supplied via Kakarbhitta border point on Wednesday compared to other days," said Navin Koirala, vice-chair of Mechi Petroleum Dealers' Association.
However, Koirala couldn't tell about the reasons for the decreasing quantity of fuel supplied through the border.
He further said that Siligudi-based depot of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) filled fuel in only six tankers out of total 25 that had reached there from Nepal.
Similarly, only six tankers of petroleum products among 150 cargoes entered Nepal through Belhiya border checkpoint Wednesday, as per Bhairahawa Customs Office.
There is no obstruction at the border but still sufficient quantity of petroleum products has not been supplied, said Chief District Officer (CDO) Bishnu Prasad Dhakal of Rupandehi.
"The government should take initiative in dealing with Indian authorities at the central level for the resumption of petroleum supplies," Dhakal said.
Meanwhile, NOC mid-western regional office chief Shree Chandra Shrestha accused Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) of not supplying the required quantity of petroleum products.
The Nepal-India border is open but the IOC depots have adopted restrictions on providing fuel to the tankers, Shrestha said.
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