Nabin Dhungana
March 9, 2021
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Kathmandu, March 9
Nepal has around 1,800 fuel tanks in operation. Of them, around 1,300 are involved in theft, according to the government-run fuel distribution monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation. It is around 72 per cent of the total.
The corporation’s Executive Director Surendra Kumar Paudel says the tanker operators were found making false chambers, using pipes in the service tank, and adulterating to steal fuel.
Paudel claims the corporation took action against all of them.
The corporation’s Thankot depot chief Pradeep Kumar Yadav says a mechanical locking system introduced some years ago, by investing millions of rupees, has completely failed in controlling thefts.