Nepal: Serious fuel shortage
This has been going on for a while, but now seems to have become critical: there is almost no more fuel to be had in Nepal.
I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but many people have told me that drivers queue for 24h or more at the pumps to get just a few litres. The Nepali govt. seems to have run out of money and have stopped paying the Indian govt. for fuel already delivered, so the Indians have now stopped deliveries.
Pump or black market, the price of petrol seems to be about 2 Euro/litre, if you can get any.
Cheers,
Peter, from Kathmandu.
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