Fuel dealers on warpath in east

At a press conference today, petroleum dealers accused the NOC of causing loss in their business by steadily reducing the supply of petroleum products.Koshi zonal member of the Nepal Petroleum Dealers Association Bhim Ghimire said, The NOC hiked prices four days ago, but it did not supply petroleum products according to dealers demand.

Decide not to buy petroleum products from NOC depot Dealers of petroleum products in the eastern region have decided not to buy petroleum products from the eastern regional depot of the Nepal Oil Corporation. At a press conference today, petroleum dealers accused the NOC of causing loss in their business ... ...steadily reducing the supply of petroleum products.Koshi zonal member of the Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ Association Bhim Ghimire said, “The NOC hiked prices four days ago, but it did not supply petroleum products according to dealers’ demand. That is why we have decided not to procure supplies from the NOC.Earlier in the day, the NOC regional office announced a slash in quantity of supplies saying that only 150 kilolitres of diesel, petroleum and kerosene will be supplied daily. NOC regional director Pushkar Dutt said, “This is a national crisis. How can our depot meet the dealers’ demands when we ourselves are constricted?Till a few days ago, the NOC was supplying 250 kl of petroleum products every day.Dealers have demanded that they will stage a phase-wise agitation if the NOC did not supply 350 kl of petroleum products every day.

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