“All the petrol pumps have been issued with 3,000 to 4,000 liters of petrol,” said Jagannath Ghimire, an NOC official at the Thankot depot, the main distribution outlet for the valley.
“The quantity could be inadequate, given the demand present in the market. But we have made sure all the dealers get the fuel so that consumers need not travel around for immediate supply,” Ghimire told myrepublica.com.
Distribution records of the NOC show that on Saturday, the corporation pumped out 360 kiloliters of petrol and 400 kiloliters of diesel in the valley. The quantity is some 50 percent more than the normal regular demand.
“We will distribute a similar quantity on Sunday as well. So consumers can expect the situation to get normal in the next two days,” said NOC spokesperson Mukunda Dhungel.
The petroleum transporters, who called off their strike on Friday night, after the NOC agreed not to add new tankers to its transport chain, have resumed their operations. Dealers too opened their refilling stations after the government committed to fulfilling their demands.
As a result, the corporation managed to import fuel from different Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depots through Saturday, a half-working day. Although Sunday is a holiday in India, the IOC has agreed to supply fuel to Nepal on Sunday as well.
The NOC has also started to transfer its stock of fuel from Amlekhgunj, the main storage depot, to Kathmandu, Pokhara and other distribution outlets. Officials at the Thankot depot said that they are expecting to receive at least 60 tankers (about 750 kiloliters of fuel) from Amlekhgunj and Raxaul on Sunday.
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