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isruption in supplies since October – the result of a strike at the Indian border - has caused an acute shortage of petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas in Nepal.
There is no guarantee that every customer in the Lalitpur queue will be served, and the police are on alert in case frustration turns to outbursts of anger.
"For over two months now, this has been a common sight across Kathmandu,” said Mohan Singh, a journalist with state-owned Nepal Television.
The crisis has environmental experts hopeful that the government will see the crisis as an opportunity to increase investment in renewable energy sources, which would not be so vulnerable to such strikes.
In the meantime, they worry short-term measures to subsidize fuel wood will undo the country’s progress in protecting its forests.
There is no guarantee that every customer in the Lalitpur queue will be served, and the police are on alert in case frustration turns to outbursts of anger.
"For over two months now, this has been a common sight across Kathmandu,” said Mohan Singh, a journalist with state-owned Nepal Television.
The crisis has environmental experts hopeful that the government will see the crisis as an opportunity to increase investment in renewable energy sources, which would not be so vulnerable to such strikes.
In the meantime, they worry short-term measures to subsidize fuel wood will undo the country’s progress in protecting its forests.
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