Fuel distribution to be regular from today

Kathmandu February 12– Motorists and motorcyclists will get refilling facility on a regular basis from all the fuel stations in the Kathmandu Valley from Friday.

However, Nepal Oil Corporation will continue with its fuel rationing system for another week. It will provide only five litres to two-wheelers and 15 litres to four-wheelers.

NOC is preparing to distribute 350,000 litres of petrol to 114 fuel stations in the Valley and neighbouring districts every day from tomorrow.

The amount that NOC has decided to distribute from Thankot depot of NOC is sufficient to cater to the demand of normal times, according to Mukunda Ghimire, spokesperson for NOC.

A meeting led by Acting Commerce Secretary Deepak Subedi and NOC officials yesterday decided to distribute fuel after supply from Indian Oil Corporation resumed along with the reopening of Raxaul-Birgunj trade route after four-and-a-half months on Monday.

The meeting also decided to increase the quantity of diesel being distributed in the Kathmandu Valley. Supply of diesel will be increased by 100,000 litres from today to 450,000 litres.

Per day consumption of diesel in Kathmandu hovers around 450,000 to 500,000 litres, according to NOC.