Fuel to be distributed only to public, emergency vehicles

Kathmandu November  26- With a steep cut in the import of petroleum products from India, the government has decided to distribute fuel to public and emergency vehicles only. With this decision made my Commerce Ministry and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), private vehicles and taxis will be barred from fuel distribution.

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Meanwhile, NOC has said it has stopped distributing fuel from its Thankot depot and will sell petroleum only through refueling stations after being criticized for failing to ensure fair distribution of petroleum products.

With NOC’s new plan, public vehicles would be provided with 15-20 litres of petroleum based on their registration numbers (even or odd). While a microbus/jeep would get 15 litres, mini buses would get 20 litres and big buses 30 litres of fuel every alternate day.

Two- and four-wheelers belonging to media persons would be provided 3 litres and 10 litres of petrol every Friday.

Government vehicles and automobiles of public corporations except essential service providers will only get 15 litres of diesel in a week, against 25 litres at present. Vehicles of tourism service providers will also get fuel from designated pumps and this facility will be provided only for those vehicles having green registration number plates.

Vehicles of schools and colleges will get 30 litres of diesel every Monday and Thursday from designated fuel stations. Likewise, civil servants and staff of public corporations will get three litres and 10 litres of petrol for two- and four-wheelers, respectively, every week from the designated fuel pumps.  Petrol will be distributed only from government-owned pumps till the supply situation normalizes.