KATHMANDU: Nepal Oil Corporation has claimed that the problem seen in the sale and distribution of petroleum products has been resolved.

The queue been seen at some fuel pumps was due to low few stock. Fuel from the Thankot depot has now been distributed as per demand in Kathmandu valley, said NOC spokesperson Manoj Thakur. “The problem seen in the sale and distribution of petroleum products has been resolved. There is no problem as of now.”

Following a sudden increase in consumer volume at pumps in major cities including the Valley, the NOC had carried out onsite monitoring some fuel pumps as the instruction of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.

Fuel pumps in the Kathmandu Valley today picked up 1.3 million liters of diesel and 1.3 million liters of petrol from the NOC depot in Thankot, Spokesperson Thakur said. There are more than 130 fuel pumps operating inside the Valley alone.