Agitating tanker drivers have agreed to resume the transportation of the petroleum products from Saturday. They agreed to operate the tankers after the consensus was reached between the officials of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and the agitators' representatives.
They had halted the transportation of the petroleum products from Thankot depot to Kathmandu since last Tuesday and Amlekhgunj - Kathmandu transportation since Thursday. Arjun Aryal, central member of Nepal Independent Transport Workers’ Union (NITWU) said that they decided to resume the operation of the tankers after NOC assured them to meet their demands.
The tanker drivers had gone on a strike demanding the adoption of international standards of shrinkage and loss calculation.
The capital has been facing fuel deficiency due to the strike. The dealers have not received petroleum products from the Thankot depot for the last three days, said Sharad Bhandari, general secretary of Nepal Petroleum Dealers Association (NPDA).
Most of the petroleum refilling stations in the capital city have been fixing with 'no petrol' sign till Saturday morning.
The drivers have mainly demanded a rise in the margin of technical loss such as shrinkage margin, parking facility, reduction in fine slapped on them in case of short delivery, among others.
They had launched strike placing similar demands in November 2006, and later withdrawn it after NOC agreed to fulfill their demands. It even constituted a committee to study the international standard of shrinkage loss pledged to the transporters.
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