Just like people in other parts of the country, residents of Pokhara, too, have been facing shortage of cooking gas, petrol and diesel following the economic blockade by India.The chief of NOC's Gagangauda Depot, Manoj Thakur, informed that they had to discontinue the supply of petroleum products for commercial purposes because the depot had not received any fuel since the last nine days.
"The fuel we had in our stock was distributed till today, but we are no longer in a position to continue distribution of fuel for commercial purposes," said Thakur.
According to Thakur, the remaining stock of fuel will be supplied to security agencies, ambulance, hospitals and media.
Gangagauda Depot has hardly 50,000 liters of petrol, 1,50,000 liters of diesel and 12,000 liters of kerosene left against its storage capacity of 3,50, 000 liters of petrol, 22,00,000 of diesel and 7,60,000 liters of kerosene.
The remaining stock of fuel, Thakur said, was not enough to distribute even for a day.
There is an average demand for 80 thousand liters of petrol and 1,80,000 liters of diesel per day in Pokhara, according to Thakur.
Gagangauda Depot has been supplying petroleum products to 52 fuel stations in the region, including some in Tanahun and Syanga districts.
In the meantime, there is shortage of cooking gas in Pokhara. The restaurants and eateries around lakeside are on the verge of closing in lack of cooking gas.
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