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Shortage of petroleum products has become severe in the eastern region, reports RSS.

Putting forward its 17-point demand, the All Nepal Petroleum Labourers Association, affiliated to the UCPN (Maoist), has kept all the pumps closed for the past five days, thus creating a crisis of petroleum products.

The prolonged closure has affected all sectors with factories, transportation and schools being the worst hit. School buses have been grounded for want of fuel.

Several efforts to cease the shortage by holding talks between the local administration, pump owners and workers have not yielded any results. The striking workers have continued their protests in front of the regional office of Nepal Oil Corporation, Biratnagar.

Their demands include permanent status for those workers who have worked for more than 250 days, provision of a weekly day off and insurance of up to Rs. 1 million. nepalnews.com

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