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Petro dealers on nationwide strike from Tuesday
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Aug 21 - Nepal Petroleum Dealers Association (NPDA) on Monday took the decision to hold a nationwide strike from Tuesday directing all its member dealers not to sell petro products from any of its outlets.
Shiv Prasad Ghimire, president of NPDA said, “We have decided to go on a nationwide closure of all our petrol pumps and will not be buying any further stock from any of the depots of the NOC in the country,” adding, “from Tuesday, we will not sell any petroleum products from any of the petrol pumps in the country.”
The NPDA took the stand after the government refused to agree with the three percent commission in retail price that the dealers were reaping.
The dealers also demanded that the Minister for Industries, Commerce and Supplies resign if the retail price is not fixed in accordance with the current system.
Alleging the NOC of erratic and unmanaged supply of petroleum products, the NPDA also asked the resignation of deputy general manager of the NOC, Umesh Dahal.
The dealers also demanded "compensation for the damage done to some petrol pumps" during the protests against price hike on Saturday and Sunday and asked the government to refund the money that they paid to buy the stock when the prices were high.
The association confirmed that it has stopped buying petroleum products from the NOC from Monday evening.
The dealers also submitted a memo to the Prime Minister today.
Earlier today, the valley saw an erratic supply of petroleum products. None of the private petrol pumps today sold petro products, hence the Sajha and some security force-owned petrol pumps saw serpentine queues throughout the day.
Bowing down to mounting pressure from the general public, the government on Sunday had nullified its Friday's petro price hike decision.
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