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Tripura continues to suffer under acute petrol, diesel crisis, petrol pumps running dry, black marketing spikes up : lame-duck CM continues beating drums of 'Golden Era'
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Tripura continues to suffer under acute petrol, diesel crisis, petrol pumps running dry, black marketing spikes up : lame-duck CM continues beating drums of  'Golden Era'
PHOTO : Long line front of Petrol pump, Petrol and diesel crisis looms large in the state, Chief Minister in slumber. TIWN Pic Feb 23

AGARTALA, Feb 23 (TIWN): Under Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's so called 'golden era' from minor girls rapes to murders, or acute petrol crisis to failing law & order, every citizen is suffering for misrule of CPI-M Govt since 2 decades in Tripura In absense of effective opposition in State, Tripura is being run by the single man Manik and his boot-licker spineless administration. From entire North to South the entire state is reeling under acute petrol crisis with the drop in the petrol supply for past consecutive months. Almost all the petrol pumps in the entire state is running dry giving rise to black marketing of petrol in the state.Along with petrol, the diesel crisis has also taken a bad shape posing a tough time to the common people.Although there is no supply of petrol in the pumps but it is easily available in black market with higher rates. Major petrol pumps in Agartala too have hanged the no petrol board.Long queue of people can be spotted waiting with their motorcycles in front of the petrol pump in the vicinity of Agartala. Meanwhile, petrol crisis has hit the state capital and sub divisional headquarters. Motor cycle users of the city have been facing an unprecedented crisis following the unavailability of fuel in most of the petrol pumps, catering to the requirement of motorists of the city and its surrounding areas.

Few trucks of petrol and diesel though arrived in the state on last morning but could not meet the demand of the state. Just within few hours the limited stock of the petrol was finished.

The reason behind the continuous petrol crisis in the state is only due to the poor condition of the NH44 as travelling through the road is wreck some work.

However, outside in the black­ market petrol was available at Rs. 130 to 150 per liter but that is also adulterated with kerosene. Most of the filling stations have put the board of no petrol but actually there is petrol. Owners of vehicles are facing great difficulties in obtaining fuel.

Taking the advantage the opportunist are fully utilizing the scarcity by selling the petrol by black marketing. The petrol dealers of the State were emerging in a new trend to earn more money through black marketing which causes artificial petrol crisis in the State.

On the other part, State Government though fully aware about the situation, but takes no step at all.

In the beginning the shortage affected heavy vehicles requiring large diesel refill, but has eventually hit the normal commuters as well. As things stand, many trucks are on standby on city outskirts in demand of diesel.

The acute diesel as well as petrol crisis created chaos among the state people. Following the crisis in Tripura, movement of vehicles has been collapsed partially. Especially the vehicles move to out of the state is facing difficulties at such situation.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar over the deacdes successfully pocketed majority of national media correspondents based in Tripura, provided these senior journalists Govt Bunglows, job to their wives, free Govt lands - which in turn stopped any kind of peoples misery being published in national media.

So rather than actual journalism, these senior journalists have chosen lifelong boot-licking of their master and painting the fake tales of 'Golden Era' in national media..

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