NOC instructed to develop new storage facilities

Kathmandu February 24- Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) — the state-owned petroleum company — has been urged to develop storage facilities at various locations along the Mid-Hill Highway. The government, eyeing the demand of fuel in the future after the completion of the highway project, has instructed NOC to set up storage facilities so that NOC can serve the fuel demand of this section and also increase the stock of the essential commodity in the country.

Following the direction of the Ministry of Supplies (MoS), NOC has been preparing to conduct feasibility study of different locations along the Mid-Hill Highway to construct fuel storage facilities, according to NOC Spokesperson Mukunda Prasad Ghimire. The highway stretches from Panchthar of eastern Nepal to Baitadi of the far-western region.