In a bid to ease off vehicular mobility in view of upcoming Dashain festival, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is to distribute petrol and diesel on ration for private vehicles too in Kathmandu Valley on Tuesday. 

A total of 125 petrol stations in the valley will provide two-wheelers and four-wheelers five litres and 15 litres, respectively from 12:00 afternoon onwards, according to Shiva Prasad Tripathi, Under-Secretary at the Ministry for Commerce and Supplies. 

The consumers have to take their Bill Books along to get the fuel, shared Under-Secretary Tripathi. 

The NOC had ceased providing oil to the private vehicles following the unannounced blockade imposed by India on Nepal for some two weeks, resulting in a widespread shortage of fuel. 

In a normal day, the daily consumption of petrol and diesel in Kathmandu Valley stands at around 350,000 litres and 450,000 litres, respectively. 

The NOC had been providing fuel 15 litres of fuel to microbus, 20 to minibus and 30 to buses after the even/odd number plate system was launched. 

The NOC has to import some 4,000 kilo litres of petroleum products on a daily basis for the easy and smooth supply of fuel for the vehicles in the country. RSS