Tripura ends rationing of petrol and diesel after a fortnight as supplies become normal

Tripura started rationing after supply lines were disrupted following landslides in Assam.

Forty-nine wagons of petrol and diesel were sent to the state after Tripura started rationing at all fuel pumps on May 1. (File Photo)

A fortnight after it started rationing petrol and diesel following supply line and train disruptions caused by landslides in Assam, the Tripura government on Wednesday lifted the restrictions imposed on fuel sales.

“It is hereby announced for public information that the ongoing restrictions imposed on petrol and diesel sale is withdrawn from today due to imported petrochemical products and improvement of supplies in sync with demand,” Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Rights Director N Adhikari said in a notification.

Forty-nine wagons of petrol and diesel were sent to the state after Tripura started rationing at all fuel pumps on May 1. The freight train crossed the Jatinga Lumpur-New Harangajao section—where restrictions had been imposed following landslides—in Assam’s mountainous Dima Hasao district on May 11. The route is the connecting link between south Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

Passenger and goods trains had been affected by heavy landslides and subsequent damage of railway tracks in Dima Hasao district since April 25.

Chief Minister Manik Saha had taken up the issue with Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

As the crisis intensified, a series of protests and attempts of vandalism as well as incidents of lathicharge were reported from different parts of the state.

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