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12,000 liters petrol in Panchthar after 15 days

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PANCHTHAR, Oct 7: Fifteen days after the southern neighbor started imposing blockade against Nepal, 12,000 liters of petrol has entered the district on Wednesday.

Consumers after being hit hard with the shortage of petrol have heaved a sigh of relief with the arrival of petrol. With the information that tanker was entering the district with petrol, the motorcyclists thronged the petrol pump on early today, forming a line of about a kilometer.

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A motorcyclist got five liters of petrol after waiting for almost five hours. "I lined up at 3 am and got five liters of petrol only at 8 am," said local Santosh Shrestha.

Traffic police had been deployed to manage the line.



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Photos by Girija Baskota

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