Kathmandu, June 19  The Nepal Petroleum Dealers' Association (NPDA) will today launch a nationwide agitation, demanding the government ease the supply of fuel at the earliest.

Kantipur quoted NPDA chairman Shiva Prasad Ghimire as saying that we will launch a nationwide protest to press the government to implement the agreements reached between the Nepal Petroleum Dealers' Association (NDPA) and the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in the past.

Petroleum dealers' has also decided to padlock Nepal Oil Corporation depots nationwide on June 21, stop the purchase of fuel from June 22 and stop the sales and distribution of petroleum products from the June 23. (ANI)