NOC to distribute fuel on alternate weeks for private vehicles

Kathmandu February 1- Motorcyclists and motorists in the Kathmandu Valley will now get fuel every alternate week, as Nepal Oil Corporation has increased fuel supply to Kathmandu in the last few weeks.

Based on the lot numbers of two-wheelers and four-wheelers, NOC will distribute fuel every alternate week beginning this week. “We are going to narrow down the gap of refuelling period,” said Sushil Bhattarai, acting deputy managing director of NOC. “We had been able to provide fuel only about once a month earlier since the start of disruption in supply lines from India.”

 “We have planned to distribute five litres of fuel to two-wheelers and 15 litres to four-wheelers,” said Bhattarai.

Two-wheelers will get fuel in four phases in a week based on their lot numbers and four-wheelers in three phases. Taxis will get 10 litres of petrol per week based on odd and even licence plate system.

NOC has said that the supply of fuel cannot be fully normalised until supply from Raxaul (Birgunj) resumes. The Raxaul Depot of Indian Oil Corporation caters to around 60 per cent of Nepal’s total demand for petroleum products in normal times.