Some security personnel, who are deployed 24-hour to maintain law and order, have been unable to patrol as fuel shortage has restricted movement of police vehicles. [break]
The country has been passing through petroleum crisis for the last three weeks after the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) decreased the supply by 45 percent.
"We do not have petrol. The police headquarters sends money to refill fuel in the vehicles. We have to go to petrol pumps to fill fuel staying in queue. Without queuing up for hours it is impossible to get fuel," said Assistant Inspector Kamal Rai of Talamarang Police Beat of Sindhupalchowk.
The problem is worse in the police offices situated outside district headquarters.
Spokesperson of Nepal Police Navaraj Dhakal said it has been difficult to provide services when the police have to stay in queue to refill fuel. Criminal activities in Kathmandu Valley, including different districts, are on rise as fuel shortage has affected police, he said.
Nepal Police has 1,528 vehicles across the country and 75 among them are very old that they consume maximum fuel, said spokesperson Dhakal.
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