Petrol Black Marketing in Nepal

The crisis has created a thriving trade in fuel smuggled into the country from India, which is sold openly by dealers who pay the police to look the other way. At one market in an empty plot of land in the capital, Kathmandu, petrol flowed down from large plastic drums into the customers’ jerry cans. The dealer, who declined to provide his name, was overwhelmed by phone calls from customers.The government denies claims it is letting the black market flourish and says it has arrested more than 140 illegal traders over the past two months.