AJIT TIWARI
BIRATNAGAR, Nov 14: Petroleum crisis has deepened in the eastern region as all refilling stations in the region have remained closed from the last four days due to the strike called by the workers affiliated with Unified CPN (Maoist). The number of vehicles plying on the road has gone down sharply and the talks meditated by the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and local administration to end the strike have failed repeatedly.
All Nepal Petroleum Workers Union enforced closure of 450 dealers operating in the region, demanding the dealers to permanently appoint workers who have worked for 240 days.Transporters said the strike has affected their business badly. “Fuel we had on stock too has dried up. Now no passenger buses will ply on the road,” an official of Koshi Zonal Bus Entrepreneurs Association (KZBEA) told myrepublica.com.“Due to fuel shortage, 75 percent of vehicles are already stranding in garage.”
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