The Tripura government imposed restrictions on sale of petrol and diesel from Wednesday. The transfer was taken after the gasoline inventory within the northeastern state got here down because of disruption of items prepare motion.
An enormous landslide in Assam’s Jatinga affected the motion of items trains to Tripura. The passenger prepare motion began on April 26 after restoration work however, the prepare service by Jatinga nonetheless stays closed through the night time.
“Two-wheelers and three-wheelers would get petrol amounting to Rs 200 per day while four-wheelers it would be Rs 500 per day,” mentioned the order issued by the Food and Civil Supplies division.
Fuel pumps have been instructed to promote solely 60 litres of diesel to a bus per day, whereas for minibuses it’s 40 litres and for autorickshaws and three-wheelers it’s 15 litres per day, it mentioned.
When contacted, Chief PRO of NFR Sabyasachi De mentioned the railway monitor was badly affected because of landslides at Jatinga in Assam’s Dima Hasao district lately.
“After restoration work, train service began through Jatinga from April 26 but train service during night is still not allowed. Naturally, the movement of goods trains remains stopped. But there has been significant progress in the restoration work at Jatinga. We are hopeful of restoring normal train service shortly,” he mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
