Octane supply increases in Chittagong Filling stations are less crowded

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Badsha Mia and Sons filling station in Gate No. 2 area of ​​Chittagong city saw a different scene. Only two motorcycles. They immediately left with the oil. No queues, no hassles. But just two days ago there was a long queue of hundreds of motorcycles in front of this station. Many people did not get oil after waiting for hours.

It was found that the entire station was almost empty. Shafiul Alam, the company’s accountant, told Prothom Alo, “Yesterday, Monday, I received four and a half thousand liters of octane. The sale is still going on yesterday. Now there is no crowd like before.

The same is the case at the Fossil Filling Station in Sholshahar area. There were only three motorcycles standing there. A driver who was going out with oil said, “Last one and a half months I could not get oil so easily. Earlier you had to stand in line for hours. Now I get oil in minutes. After increasing the price, the crowd has decreased a little.

After the start of the Iran war, the QC Trading Limited filling station in the city was the most stressed. On some days, the queue of vehicles waiting here would exceed a kilometer in length. But yesterday evening, it was seen that the pressure has decreased a lot. 15 to 20 cars and motorcycles are standing in the line. Drivers are getting oil according to demand.

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The manager of the station, Mir Khan, told Prothom Alo, “Due to the increase in supply, the suffering has now reduced a lot. Got 27 thousand liters of octane yesterday. I can provide oil according to demand.

But the situation is not the same everywhere. At around 5:30 in the afternoon, I went to the Sena filling station of Bayezid police station and saw that the sale was stopped due to lack of octane. But long queue of heavy vehicles for diesel. The salesmen said that the sale of octane is going on till three o’clock in the afternoon. Then off. Alhaj Faiz Ahmed & Sons filling station in the promoter area also had no supply of octane in the evening.

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is responsible for importing and selling oil in the country. According to BPC sources, a total of 53 thousand tons of octane has arrived in 2 ships this month. Octane supplies have been increased by around 10 percent since yesterday after stockpiles increased. Earlier, where the daily average sales were 1 thousand 115 tons, now it has increased to about 1 thousand 422 tons.