Agartala, Oct 9 (TIWN): The acute fuel crisis in Tripura is likely to be normalized soon as more 30 tankers of petrol arriving in Tripura by tonight, said Tripura Minister for Food and Civil Supplies- Bhanulal Saha this evening after conducting a meeting with the officials of Food Department at Secretariat.

“The rationing system will be continued unless the situations of petrol crisis become normalize. The situation will be normalized within 2-3 days”, said Bhanu. The petrol pump dealers were also advised for not to supply petrol in containers in any situation. Many petrol loaded tankers have already been arrived in the different subdivisions of Tripura except Bishalghar and Amarpur.

Altogether 1.20 lakh litlres petrol is required everyday in Tripura. Earlier, over 60 per cent of the required petrol is being arrived by rail till Dharmanagar.

It may be mentioned here that the fuel that comes to the state from Assam has been disrupted due to the continuous blockade of National Highway (NH) 44 in Meghalaya till last September 28.And the same has hit the stock of petroleum products of the state and by that time demand of petrol and diesel went up drastically among the Durga puja revelers. The NH 44 serves as the lifeline for Tripura, Mizoram, southern Assam (known as Barak Valley) and western Manipur.