Fuel crunch forces schools to shutdown

Fuel crunch forces schools to shutdown
eKantipur.com, 18-Feb-08

More than a dozen schools have been forced to close down in the capital on Monday due to the crisis in petroleum products.

15 schools of Kathmandu and Lalitpur including Little Angles School, Gyanodaya Bal Batika School, Ideal Model School and GEMS have been forced to shut down.

According to Vice President of Private And Boarding School’s Organisation Of Nepal (PABSON) Lakshya Bahadur KC, the schools could not run schools buses to ferry the students from their homes because of the fuel crisis that has swept the capital.

The entire schools in the capital will be forced to close down from Tuesday if the situation does not improve, he added.

PABSON expressed serious concern over the government’s negligence to the current crisis which has led to schools being shut.

Urging the government for smooth supply of petroleum products, the PABSON has demanded an alternative arrangement to the current fuel supply system.

The government on Friday had assured that normal supply of petroleum products will resume in the capital from Saturday after talks with fuel tanker operators.

The crisis has worsened and the number of vehicles plying the streets in the capital has significantly thinned.