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Petrol crisis likely to be over within 48 hours as per Govt claims
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Petrol crisis likely to be over within 48 hours as per Govt claims
PHOTO : Petrol crisis hits Agartala. TIWN Pic April 16

AGARTALA, April 16 (TIWN): The acute fuel crisis in Tripura is likely to be normalized within a span of 48 hours, said a highly placed government source.

Around 160 loaded oil tankers are on its way from Assam to Tripura. The tankers will reach the state within 48 hours. 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. The state requires a total of one lakh liter petrol per day and the city requires a total of 25,000 liters of petrol per day, the source mentioned.

It is to be mentioned here that police personnel were deployed at petrol stations to regulate thousands of motorists who thronged the outlets fearing acute shortage of fuel in Agartala. The city has been reeling under limited fuel supplies for the past few days.

For the last several days the people of the city are facing a huge crisis of petrol with most of the pumps shut down while only one petrol pump is reported operating but with  a shortfall. Due to this, people were seen waiting for refilling their vehicle tanks. While most of the pumps supplied fuel much less than the required quantity, few other ones were open for the whole day facing huge throng of vehicles.  On the other hand, anticipating further slash down of price of fuel, dealers of the state did not send advance requisition and payment to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which further deteriorated the situation, officials stated.

 

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