Due to the blockade at major entry points along the India-Nepal border
since September due to the protesting Madhesi community, consumers are
being forced to pay heavy price for petroleum products.
Smugglers and black marketers reportedly get hold of the oil and gas
brought from the Tarai for the Kathmandu Valley at the expense of the
public, thanks to a nexus between bosses at the NOC, the authorised
distributor of petroleum products in Nepal. That’s why oil is not
available at petrol pumps, while it is easily available in the black
market.
NOC, in cahoots with smugglers, is reportedly making fast money
through unscrupulous means citing an oil crisis and efforts to bring oil
from China.
Whatever quantum of LP gas (cooking gas) enters the Kathmandu Valley
ends up in five-star hotels and in the households of those, who wield
power, while the commoners have no option but to return empty-handed
even after queuing up at gas depots for hours.
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