Fuel rationing to end from today to shorten queues

Kathmandu February 23- The Nepal Oil Corporation will end the rationing of fuel from today, four-and-a-half months after it curtailed supply for private vehicles. The state-owned petroleum company has allowed the fuel stations to distribute fuel as per the demand of consumers, following the instruction of Ministry of Supplies.

The MoS stated that it had instructed NOC to end fuel rationing in the hope that the length of serpentine queues seen outside fuel stations would gradually shorten if vehicle owners were allowed to refill as per their need in one go.

NOC is supplying around 460 kilolitres of fuel in the Kathmandu Valley daily, against the daily demand of 350 kilolitres during normal times.