Nepal Updates
Petroleum shortage hits nation
Consumers across the nation are facing shortage of petroleum products as the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Petroleum Workers Union (ANPWU) shut down all private petrol pumps in Kathmandu valley for an indefinite period starting Sunday.
Although, petrol pumps outside Kathmandu are open, they have not provided petrol to consumers as ANPWU cadres have been picketing all nine depots of Nepal Oil Corporation across the nation preventing the preventing dealers from getting the supply. Most of the pumps in Kathmandu valley had stopped giving petrol from Friday itself.
Only government owned petrol pumps were open in the valley on Sunday. Consumers had to queue up for hours before getting rationed amount of petrol and diesel from such pumps.
ANPWU is agitating with various 16 demands including appointment letter to the employees, a pay equivalent to or more than that prescribed by the government, overtime pay for working extra-time and a life insurance cover.
The petroleum workers had shut down petrol pumps with the same demands in the past too. They had ended their agitation after petrol pump owners agreed to fulfil some of their demands at the talks held between the representatives of the petrol pump workers and the owners in presence of NOC officials, then.
Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ Association (NPDA), the association of petrol pump owners, had agreed to provide a minimum wage prescribed by the government, pay extra if the workers are made to work more than eight hours a day, arrange for life insurance cover and arrange for dress to petrol pump workers during the talks.
ANPWU and NPDA had agreed to implement the agreement only in Bagmati zone for the time being and gradually implement in other zones.
ANPWU has said, it is forced to launch the agitation again, as NPDA failed to implement the agreement.
Although, petrol pumps outside Kathmandu are open, they have not provided petrol to consumers as ANPWU cadres have been picketing all nine depots of Nepal Oil Corporation across the nation preventing the preventing dealers from getting the supply. Most of the pumps in Kathmandu valley had stopped giving petrol from Friday itself.
Only government owned petrol pumps were open in the valley on Sunday. Consumers had to queue up for hours before getting rationed amount of petrol and diesel from such pumps.
ANPWU is agitating with various 16 demands including appointment letter to the employees, a pay equivalent to or more than that prescribed by the government, overtime pay for working extra-time and a life insurance cover.
The petroleum workers had shut down petrol pumps with the same demands in the past too. They had ended their agitation after petrol pump owners agreed to fulfil some of their demands at the talks held between the representatives of the petrol pump workers and the owners in presence of NOC officials, then.
Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ Association (NPDA), the association of petrol pump owners, had agreed to provide a minimum wage prescribed by the government, pay extra if the workers are made to work more than eight hours a day, arrange for life insurance cover and arrange for dress to petrol pump workers during the talks.
ANPWU and NPDA had agreed to implement the agreement only in Bagmati zone for the time being and gradually implement in other zones.
ANPWU has said, it is forced to launch the agitation again, as NPDA failed to implement the agreement.
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