China Helping with petrol to Nepal 2015

Beijing is set to send about 100 tanker trucks of gasoline to fuel-starved Nepal, officials say. The move comes after protesters from Nepal’s Madhesi minority blocked off the key border crossing with India.Nepal and China agreed on the large donation after a month-long standoff at the Indian border, a Nepali official said Sunday.This is the first time in history that China is supplying Nepal with fuel, a task usually reserved for Beijing’s’ regional rival, New Delhi.
“China has agreed to send us 1,000 metric tons, or 1.3 million liters of petrol, as a grant,” said Sushil Bhattarai, acting deputy managing director at the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC).
Protesters from Nepal’s Madhesi have blocked off the bridge checkpoint at Birgunj crossing, 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the capital Kathmandu, decrying the country’s new constitution.
The blockade has left scores of trucks carrying vital supplies stranded, and forced Nepal authorities to ration fuel in the country, which is still reeling from the devastating April earthquake

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