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Adulterated diesel sold in Bhaktapur (ht 07/08/2008)
LPG crisis forces closure of eateries (ht 06/08/2008)
Survey recommends prompt food aid for 286,000 souls (kp 05/08/2008), Food shortage hits four districts hard (ht 05/08/2008), Resolving food crisis Devolution before irrigation, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht 05/08/2008), Food crisis becoming acute in western Nepal (nn 05/08/2008), Food shortages warning for Nepal (BBC News 05/08/2008), Starvation looms near China border, by Kishor Budhathoki and Sita Niraula (ht 06/08/2008), On skid row (ht 06/08/2008) [???]
Nepal explores Gulf option to overcome petro woes (nn 05/08/2008)
CA members to table fuel proposal (kp 05/08/2008), Lawmakers urge fuel, food supply regulated (kp 06/08/2008)
Charikot locals seize fuel tanker (kp 05/08/2008), Smuggling of petroleum products on rise in Banke, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 06/08/2008)
ANFS may stop supplies (ht 04/08/2008)
Eastern Achham reels under acute food shortage, by Binod Thapa (ht 02/08/2008), Food crunch severe in Achham, by Bed Prakash Timilsina (kp 04/08/2008)
Food crunch hits Rautes (kp 01/08/2008)
Nepal's remote areas hit hard by food crisis (nn 01/08/2008)
Food scarcity in Bhojpur (kp 31/07/2008)
Fuel crisis to get worse: Stocks enough only for two days (kp 29/07/2008), ‘No shortage of petrol from Aug’ (kp 29/07/2008), Fuel crisis: How can Nepal cope?, by Deependra Kumar Jha (ht 30/07/2007), Respite for some as fuel stations supply petro products (ht 31/07/2008), Back To The Past, by Shyam K.C. (rn 31/07/2008)
Nepal’s food front deteriorating: WFP (kp 29/07/2008), Nepal becoming food insecure: WFP (nn 29/07/2008), Jaws of hunger and right to food, by Gauri Pradhan (kp 29/07/2008), Food crisis can be averted: Mahat (ht 29/07/2008)
Food scarcity in Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 25/07/2008)
Petroleum crisis here to stay, says NOC (ht 25/07/2008)
Khotang folks facing starvation (ht 24/07/2008)
Fuel crisis fails to move govt (ht 24/07/2008), Lame excuses (ht 24/07/2008)
LPG shortage deepens (kp 22/07/2008), Govt to liberalize cooking-gas market (kp 25/07/2008), LPG consumers, ‘out-of-stock’ suppliers on collision course, by Merina Sharma (ht 25/07/2008)
No rice for hundreds in Achham, by Binod Thapa (ht 21/07/2008)
Banda hits Dhangadhi, food crisis in Doti (kp 21/07/2008)
Damauli faces ghee shortage after milk production falls (ht 21/07/2008)
Govt gives Rs 1 billion to NOC (nn 20/07/2008)
WFP to extend support to 500,000 more Nepalis, by Astha Sharma (kp 20/07/2008)
Food Security In Nepali Context, by Anku Chalise (rn 19/07/2008)
Adulterated fuel being smuggled in, by Upendra Pokharel (kp 18/07/2008)
LPG supply runs dry, by Merina Sharma (ht 17/07/2008)
Fuel crunch, bad roads causing food shortage (kp 15/07/2008), Food shortage despite adequate stock? (ht 16/07/2008), Fuel supply worsens, over 50pc vehicles remain off road (kp 17/07/2008), Maintain fuel supply (kp 18/07/2008), Oil deregulation fiasco, by Bimal Wagle (kp 18/07/2008), Fuel crisis: Valley denizens feel the heat (ht 18/07/2008)
Food crisis hits 800 displaced, by Motilal Poudel (kp 11/07/2008), Food shortage persists in Achham VDCs (ht 11/07/2008)
Perennial Problem: Despite series of hikes, people are forced to stay in long queues to get petroleum products, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 11/07/2008
Inclusive response to crises, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 10/07/2008)
Children worst hit: Famine looms large in farwest (kp 07/07/2008)
Starvation looms large in Upper Mustang (ht 07/07/2008)
Fuel supply cut further (ht 07/07/2008), NOC warns of worsening fuel supply (kp 08/07/2008), IOC cuts down fuel supply (kp 12/07/2008)
Rice supplied to starving Achham (ht 05/07/2008)
300 quintals of rice supplied to starving Sankhuwasabha (ht 03/07/2007)
Diesel shortage delays paddy cultivation (kp 29/06/2008)
Wake-up call for food security, by Paras Kharel (kp 24/06/2008), More than 3 million need food assistance in Nepal (Peninsula 26/06/2008), Nepal faces food crisis as Maoists set to take power (Gulf Times 26/06/2008) [One has nothing to do with the other!!]
Nightmares without oil, by Mahabir Paudyal (kp 22/06/2008)
A crisis complicated (kp 21/06/2008), Achham reeling under food crisis, by Binod Thapa (ht 21/06/2008)
NOC-dealers dispute induces new fuel shortage: Supply to resume today: NOC (kp 17/06/2008), Petro-dealers to start stir from Thursday (kp 19/06/2008), Industries siphoning off public-use fuel, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 19/06/2008), Dealers to strike from Monday: Fuel shortage resurfaces (kp 20/06/2008), NPDA refuses to talk to NOC (ht 20/06/2008), NOC fuel outlets shut nationwide (ht 22/06/2008), No end in sight to fuel shortage (kp 24/06/2008), Fuel transporters call off strike: NOC-dealers talks inconclusive (kp 25/06/2008), Fuel dealers walk out of talks
NOC says demands exceed its jurisdiction (kp 26/06/2008)
Food shortage hits Upper Mustang (ht 14/06/2008), Northern Nepal faces famine (Gulf Times 15/06/2008), Government assessing situation: Severe food insecurity in 9 districts (kp 20/06/2008), Food crisis epicentre: Jajarkot, Achham and Dailekh are the worst hit by the nationwide food crisis, by Rameshwor Bohara (nt 20/06/2008)
Gasoline shortage boon for some! (kp 11/06/2008), For Smooth Supply (rn 11/06/2008)
Famine-hit women warn of suicides, by Arjun Shah (kp 10/06/2008)
Olangchungola villagers take to hunting as food supply dwindles (ht 10/06/2008), Food shortage compels locals to hunt animals (nn 10/06/2008)
Dealers, consumers lock up NOC offices (kp 06/06/2008), Slippery Course: The state-owned NOC has issued another warning of imminent disaster in fuel supply (sp 06/06/2008), Transporters up in arms over measly fuel quota (kp 07/06/2008), Petro-strike hits ambulance service (ht 08/06/2008)
China seals border, villages on Nepali side face starvation, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 04/06/2008)
Starvation in Humla (tg 04/06/2008)
NOC halves fuel supply to Pokhara (ht 04/06/2008)
Fuel crisis to deepen further: Monthly oil loss to jump to Rs 2.70b (kp 03/06/2008), NOC’s monthly loss up to Rs 2.7 billion (ht 03/06/2008), Hard choices (ht 03/06/2008)
ILO to discuss food crisis, rural poverty reduction (kp 01/06/2008)
Rice relief for starving mid-west, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 31/05/2008)
Ensure smooth petro supply: says pvt sector (ht 31/05/2008)
Is it food crisis or food safety? by Vijay Singh Chhetri (kp 30/05/2008)
The Looming Food Crisis, by Sangam Prasain (rn 27/05/2008)
Government to ease petroleum supply (ht 26/05/2008), Petroleum dealers to launch protests from June 15 (ht 26/05/2008), Nepalis enter India in search of fuel (kp 27/05/2008), NOC gets Rs 800m on PM’s instructions (kp 28/05/2008), Grinding To A Halt, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 30/05/2008), Up against the wall: The NOC must either put up petrol prices or go deeper into debt, by Dewan Rai (nt 30/05/2008)
Fuel shortage hits Baitadi locals (ht 26/05/2008)
2 die of famine: Food shortage hits Dailekh (kp 25/05/2008)
Food shortage hits Sankhuwasabha (kp 23/05/2008)
PM Koirala requests India to normalise fuel supply (nn 22/05/2008), NOC warns of grave petroleum crisis within few days (nn 22/05/2008), NOC gets Rs 1b more Problem remains (kp 24/05/2008), Fuel Fears (rn 24/05/2008
Food shortages predicted despite increased output, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 20/05/2008)
Fuel crisis hits industries, farmers (kp 20/05/2008)
PM assures of additional food supply to Karnali (nn 19/05/2008)
Famine looms in 11 Bajura VDCs (kp 17/05/2008)
Petroleum shortage hits far-west projects hard, by Shivraj Bhatt (ht 17/05/2008)
Udayapur cement shortage artificial, by Dilli Ram Khatiwada (kp 16/05/2008)
Kalikot reels under food shortage (kp 13/05/2008), Kalikot hit hard by severe food shortage (nn 13/05/2008)
Pokhara running short of petrol, diesel, by Rishi Baral (ht 13/05/2008)
LPG shortage looms large (ht 13/05/2008)
NOC squeezes supplies (kp 09/05/2008)
Severe fuel crisis looms large (ht 07/05/2008)
Rolpalis face acute food shortage (nn 06/05/2008), Rolpa displaced face starvation, by Khem Bahadur Buda (ht 06/05/2008)
WFP suspends emergency food aid in Humla after Simikot locals 'obstruct' supplies (nn 02/05/2008), Blocking Delivery: WFP appeals to locals to stop blocking delivery of food in Humla (sp 09/05/2008)
Govt bans food export (kp 01/05/2008), Govt restricts exports of rice and wheat (nn 01/05/2008), Food shortages and rising prices hit western Nepal, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 02/05/2008)
Annual oil losses to touch Rs 8.5b, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 01/05/2008)
Western, eastern regions face fuel crisis (ht 30/04/2008)
Not smooth like oil (ht 25/04/2008)
Border sealing leads to food crisis in Taplejung villages, by Sita Niraula (ht 23/04/2008), Food crisis hits northern Taplejung (kp 24/04/2008)
NOC to cut supply by 25 pc (ht 23/04/2008), Govt to provide Rs 500 million to NOC (nn 23/04/2008), Govt gives NOC Rs 500m (kp 26/04/2008)
Food insecurity and yield-boosters in Nepal, by Kapil Joshi (ht 21/04/2008), Govt to ban exports of cereals (nn 21/04/2008), Global food crisis increases instability in world's poorest countries (nn 21/04/2008), Hilly districts facing food crisis (nn 23/04/2008)
‘Do something, anything to end fuel shortage’ (kp 19/04/2008)
Buying bottled water to beat shortage, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 16/04/2008)
Monthly oil loss touches record Rs 1.3b (kp 04/04/2008)
3.8m Nepalis facing food deficit (kp 26/03/2008), Grow more food (kp 27/03/2008), Preempting food crisis (kp 04/04/2008)
Food security bulletin - 19 March 2008, by United Nations World Food Programme (Relief Web 19/03/2008) [see full report]
NOC stocking up for CA polls (kp 19/03/2008)
Dual pricing for diesel being considered (kp 11/03/2008), PM promises diesel subsidy for industries (ht 11/03/2008), Private sector flays dual diesel pricing (kp 12/03/2008), NOC cuts diesel rate for bulk customers (kp 15/03/2008), NOC requests private dealers to sell less subsidised diesel (ht 17/03/2008), NOC being quite economical with the truth, by Sanjeev Ghimire (ht 18/03/2008), Not the whole story (ht 19/03/2008)
Food supplies up, so are prices, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 05/03/2008)
Fuel supply normal: NOC (ht 03/03/2008), Odd-even refueling system to end this week (kp 04/03/2008)
LPG cylinders set to rain on City (ht 01/03/2008), LPG still in short supply in capital (ht 11/03/2008)
Supply System: Still Dysfunctional (sp 29/02/2008)
Capital’s rice stocks running low, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 27/02/2008), Ensure supplies of basic items: NHRC (kp 27/02/2008), Import petrol from China, end crisis, NHRC tells govt, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Hospitals run out of oxygen (kp 27/02/2008), Fighting scarcity (kp 28/02/2008)
NOC fuel regulation from today (kp 25/02/2008), Fuel regulation comes into effect from today (nn 25/02/2008), NOC announces fuel distribution points for today (kp 26/02/2008), 2,993 KL of fuel enters Nepal Tuesday (kp 27/02/2008), ‘Maximum supply today’: NOC increases oil imports (kp 28/02/2008)
Food crisis hits Taplejung (ht 23/02/2008)
Indian fruits become dearer: Vegetable supply and prices stable, for now (kp 20/02/2008), Schools to send all hostel students home (kp 21/02/2008)
Fuel crisis spawns protests, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 16/02/2008), No petrol, by Sajag Karki (kp 16/02/2008), 2 petrol, 8 diesel tankers arrive Ktm: Tanker operators turn down offer (kp 17/02/2008), Nepal's capital crippled by fuel shortages after general strike called by ethnic minorities (iht 17/02/2008), Meager oil volume enters Ktm (kp 18/02/2008), Valley fire brigades feels effect of fuel crunch (nn 18/02/2008), Fuel crisis shuts Valley schools Hospitals affected (kp 19/02/2008), Government to ferry essentials at night (kp 19/02/2008), ‘Do not hinder essential goods’ (kp 19/02/2008), Food stocks down to week’s supply (kp 19/02/2008), 25 tankers arrive at Amlekhgunj (kp 20/02/2008), 132 tankers of fuel imported (kp 21/02/2008), Nepal strives to get fuel supply, by Charles Haviland (BBC News 21/02/2008), Fuel trickles in, more to follow (kp 22/02/2008), NOC increases petroleum supply in the valley (nn 22/02/2008), Consumers ‘seize’ fuel tankers (kp 23/02/2008), Tanker drivers go on strike demanding security (nn 23/02/2008), 156 more tankers enter Nepal: 43 tankers of fuel enter capital (kp 24/02/2008), Consumers blame pumps: Fuel black market grips Sarlahi (kp 24/02/2008), Supply committee decides to enforce odd-even rule to address fuel shortage (nn)
Army to escort supplies vehicles (kp 16/02/2008)
NOC gives up on supply: PM orders security to avert crisis, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 15/02/2008), Oil and beyond (ht 15/02/2008)
Shortage of Cooking Gas Hits People Hard (ht 14/02/2008)
Petroleum crisis getting inflammatory (ht 14/02/2008)
Household food stocks down to half in 38 districts, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 12/02/2008)
Fuel crunch hits public transport (nn 12/02/2008), Black marketeers, profiteers make merry while consumers panic: NOC pumps more fuel, security arrangements made (kp 14/02/2008)
Broken tanker disrupts oil supply (kp 12/02/2008)
Govt makes another Rs 1b cash handout to NOC (kp 08/02/2008)
Petroleum supply from Sunday only (kp 07/02/2008)
Transport strike call withdrawn (kp 03/01/2008)
Power cuts, diesel crunch clobber economy, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 02/02/2008)
Govt releases Rs 1b to NOC (kp 01/02/2008), Beg, borrow or steal (nt 01/02/2008), Shocking Spike: The government is inviting full-blown economic crisis by failing to manage the oil price, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 01/02/2008)
Diesel, kerosene crunch worsens: Transport sector threatens strike (kp 29/01/2008)
The fuel poverty, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp 25/01/2008)
Govt hikes POL prices again (nn 21/01/2008), Fuel price hike invites nationwide protests (nn 22/01/2008), Fuel price protests grip valley (kp), Roll back prices or hike fares: Entrepreneurs: Fares were already hiked 20 percent: DoTM (kp), Fuel price hike a compulsion: Govt (kp 23/01/2008), Protests against fuel price hike continue; shutdown strike cripples life in the Valley (nn 23/01/2008), Govt rolls back fuel price hike; normalcy returns (nn 23/01/2008), Govt relents on fuel prices (kp 24/01/2008), Protests turn violent on second day (kp 24/01/2008), Oil shock (kp 24/01/2008)
Low on fuel again (kp 15/01/2008)
Govt readies Rs 3b cash to bail out NOC (kp 11/01/2008)
Cabbies demand fair play: oil shock to hit commuters first (kp 10/01/2008)
Time to adopt blended fuel, by Pragati Shahi (kp 10/01/2008)
A crude shock: Per barrel price of crude oil touches US $100, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 04/01/2008), Govt mulls cash relief on LPG and kerosene (kp 04/01/2008), The third oil shock (kp 05/01/2008)
Paddy prices jump on short supply (kp 04/01/2008)
Private firms thrilled over deregulated LPG (kp 03/01/2008)
Petrol becomes available, at last (kp 02/01/2008)
Food shortage hits Dolakha village, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 01/01/2008)
Dual pricing for LPG coming soon (kp 01/01/2008)
Petrol
reaches Rs 80 per liter: LPG to go up soon (kp 27/12/2007)
Govt
to straighten oil supply in a month (kp 25/12/2007)
Subsidy
for LPG, petrol may end soon, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 21/12/2007), Why
price of petrol should rise, by Binod Gupta (kp 25/12/2007)
Panel
urges differential pricing for cooking gas (kp 20/12/2007)
Want
petrol? Buy bonds first (kp 19/12/2007), Gasoline
bonds (kp 20/12/2007)
Petroleum
dealers announce strike (kp 16/12/2007), Constitution
amendment
(kp 18/12/2007)
Perpetual
petrol politics?, by Ramesh Khatry (kp 14/12/2007)
FM
instructed to pay IOC dues (kp 13/12/2007)
Dealers
demand more fuel, threaten strike (kp 11/12/2007)
King's
govt made NOC bankrupt: Gupta (kp 03/12/2007), ‘Govt
to pay IOC dues to end shortage’ (kp 04/12/2007), Lawmaker
urges probe into NOC (kp 06/12/2007)
LP gas supply to be 'normal in couple of weeks' (kp 01/12/2007)
Fuel crisis grips mid, far west, by J. Pandey (kp 29/11/2007), Fuel shortage spreads across nation (kp 30/11/2007)
Fuel supply woes reappear, to remain, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 27/11/2007)
Oil transporters warn of strike (kp 23/11/2007), Petroleum dealers end strike (kp 27/11/2007)
Petrol lines return as NOC unable to pay import bills, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 22/11/2007)
Fuel shortage hits again (nn 14/11/2007)
Apathy stalls petroleum liberalization, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 08/11/2007)
New bill to end NOC monopoly in LP gas (kp 06/11/2007), Step on the gas (kp 07/11/2007)
Students press NOC to review price hike decision (nn 05/11/2007), ‘Nobody should play politics with oil prices’, interview with Digambar Jha, managing director of the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) (kp 05/11/2007)
Govt to enforce ESA to compel agitating gas companies to end strike (nn 02/11/2007), Companies agree to resume normal supply of LP Gas (nn 03/11/2007), LP gas supply to resume Sunday (kp 03/11/2007)
Consumers to face gas shortage during Tihar (nn 01/11/2007), Talks between gas dealers, NOC fail (samn 01/11/2007), LP gas crunch looms as talks collapse (kp 01/11/2007), Govt waves stick at striking LG gas companies (kp 02/11/2007), NOC threatens traders of action (samn 02/11/2007)
LP gas companies ask for bigger profit margin (kp 30/10/2007)
Petrol stops eluding valley consumers (nn 29/10/2007)
India restricts rice export: Supplies to Druk refugees affected (kp 27/10/2007)
Hike petrol price (kp 24/10/2007), NOC hikes POL prices (nn 24/10/2007), Govt finally hikes fuel prices, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 25/10/2007), Nepal announces fuel price rise to cut state company's losses (iht 25/10/2007), Prices of POL products raised (samn 25/10/2007), POL price hike sparks protests in Kathmandu (nn 25/10/2007), Consumers welcome, parties protest fuel price hike (kp 26/10/2007), Maoists, others demand price revision (kp 26/10/2007), Petroleum dealers unveil new retail prices (kp 26/10/2007), NOC to categorize cooking gas market (kp 26/10/2007), Student organisations ask govt to withdraw fuel price hike (nn 26/10/2007) [The only alternative to price hike is the continued shortage of supbly!!], Students to submit memo against fuel price hike (kp 27/10/2007), No roll back of fuel price hike: NOC (kp 28/10/2007), Students stage demonstration in front of NOC (nn 28/10/2007)
NOC to mark Dashain by turning off supply (kp 18/10/2007), NOC stops petroleum supply for four days (nn 19/10/2007) [Happy Dasain, dear Nepali citizens!!], NOC resumes fuel supply (samn 22/10/2007)
Rice supply crunch hits Solu (kp 16/10/2007)
Hoarding prolongs fuel shortage (kp 13/10/2007)
Food crisis in western hilly districts (nn 07/10/2007)
Petrol supply will be normal in a week: NOC (kp 03/10/2007)
Capital facing shortage of vegetables (samn 29/09/2007)
Auto dealers demand road expansion, quality fuel (kp 28/09/2007)
Fuel crisis (kp 27/09/2007)
Acute fuel adulteration taking its toll, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 26/09/2007)
Food shortage could aggrevate: NARC: Paddy production on downward trend (kp 22/09/2007)
Black marketeering rife amid fuel crisis, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 21/09/2007)
Petrol to be sold through private pumps only (kp 20/09/2007), Kathmandu traffic thrown out of gear after consumers block road demanding fuel (nn 20/09/2007), POL price hike soon: Minister Mahato (nn), Govt hints at petro price hike (samn 21/09/2007), IOC to increase petro supplies (nn 21/09/2007), IOC resumes normal oil supply (kp 22/09/2007)
Govt asks India to supply oil on credit (kp 19/09/2007)
The coming potato riots: The fuel crises masks a coming food crises, by CK Lal (nt 14/09/2007)
Supply could worsen: NOC: Talks with tanker drivers fail (kp 07/09/2007), Tanker drivers end strike (kp 08/09/2007), NOC denied Rs 2b oil subsidy, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 08/09/2007), Fuel shortage could subside (nn 09/09/2007), NOC moots petroleum price hike, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 12/09/2007), Fuel crisis worsens; price hike likely (samn 13/09/2007), Mahato drops hints of fuel price hike (nn 14/09/2007), What a gas: But the petrol shortage is really no laughing matter (nt 14/09/2007), FM says development budget would be curtailed if oil price not increased (nn 15/09/2007), Hike in fuel prices in offing: minister (samn 15/09/2007), China ‘ready ‘to rescue Nepal from petroleum crisis (nn 16/09/2007) [In the long run, Nepal must be able to pay the world market price; in other words: the necessity of price hike is the reality!!]
Oil subsidy to continue till CA polls (kp 04/09/2007), End oil subsidy (kp 05/09/2007)
Gas shortage looms as Dashain draws near (samn 30/08/2007)
Petrol shortage deepens: Situation could worsen, says NOC (kp 28/08/2007), ‘Hike fuel price or give money to NOC’ (kp 01/09/2007)
Code of conduct to check petroleum adulteration, by Lila Ballabh Ghimire (kp 25/08/2007)
Food shortage looms in Nepal: FAO (samn 19/08/2007), Food shortage looms in Nepal due to floods: FAO (nn 19/08/2007)
Fuel shortages loom as NOC losses increase (kp 18/08/2007), NOC seeks 1b rupee loan from government (kp 21/08/2007)
Triggered by natural disasters and prolonged conflict, food insecurity worsens in Nepal (nn 26/07/2007), FAO/WFP food security assessment mission to Nepal (Relief Web 26/07/2007), FAO/WFP food security assessment mission to Nepal [executive summary, see also full FAO report], ‘42 districts food deficient’: Food insecurity may harm peace process (kp 27/07/2007), Food insecurity: Worsening Situation (sp 03/08/2007)
Right to food, by Ila Sharma (kp 17/07/2007)
Alternative to petroleum crisis, by Ganesh Regmi (kp 10/07/2007)
Fuel to petrol pumps stalled (kp 02/07/2007), Petrol supply dwindles further (kp 03/07/2007), Govt to lend Rs 1.70b to NOC (samn 03/07/2007), Nepal hit by worst fuel crisis (Gulf Times 04/07/2007), Government provides loan guarantee to NOC (nn 04/07/2007), Adequate fuel to reach valley today (samn 04/07/2007), 144 KL of petrol pumped out in Valley (kp 04/07/2007), Petroleum supply improves (kp 05/07/2007)
Poor locals scramble for ‘decayed’ rations, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp 28/06/2007), Locals grabbing rice meant for dumping, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp 29/06/2007), Inedible rice (kp 30/06/2007)
No oil on credit, IOC says to NOC (kp 22/06/2007), Oil crisis deepens (kp 26/06/2007), ‘Ensure smooth oil supply’ (kp 27/06/2007), Adjust fuel prices (kp 28/06/2007)
IOC gets Rs 1 billion, normal supplies from Tuesday (nn 01/06/2007), NOC pays Rs 1b to IOC: Normal supplies from Friday (kp 01/06/2007)
Ensuring food security, by B R Kaini (kp 27/05/2007)
Govt extends Rs 1b loan to NOC: Parties discuss price hike (kp 27/05/2007), 'Fuel supply to be normal from Monday' (samn 27/05/2007)
NOC cuts corners on safe storage (kp 26/05/2007)
Petro-products crisis hits midwest Nepal (samn 24/05/2007)
IOC reduces petrol supply again (kp 16/05/2007), Petro crisis: Recurring Problem (sp 18/05/2007), Hike in petroleum prices ruled out (kp 19/05/2007), Oil Politics Tortures the Nepalis, by Mohan Nepali (Scoop 22/05/2007), IOC cuts petro supply again, nation set to face fuel crisis (nn 23/05/2007), IOC slashes petroleum supply (kp 23/05/2007), Govt to import POL products from China (samn 23/05/2007), Govt to extend Rs 500m to NOC: IOC demands Rs 1b for normal supply (kp 25/05/2007), 'No Oil Corporation’, by Krishna Regmi (kp 25/05/2007), NOC says fuel crisis may worsen (nn 26/05/2007), Pay dues for normal supplies: Ashraf (nn 30/05/2007), Settle dues for normal oil supply: India (kp 30/05/2007)
Fuel shortage hits Valley: IOC cuts supply (kp 10/05/2007), Nepal hit hard by India oil cuts (BBC News 10/05/2007), Petroleum crisis deepens: Supply ministry seeks govt support (kp 11/05/2007), Bankrupt: The long lines at gas stations are a sure sign this country is broke, by Dambar K Shrestha (nt 11/05/2007), PM Koirala discusses petroleum crisis with Indian envoy (nn 12/05/2007), PM requests India for normal petroleum supply, by Milan Mani Sherma (kp 13/05/2007), Fuel supply not yet smooth (kp 14/05/2007), IOC relaxes restriction on petro products (nn 15/05/2007), IOC doubles petrol supply (kp 15/05/2007)
Petroleum products shortage ? No problem, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 25/04/2007)
Drivers' strike triggers petroleum shortage (kp 20/04/2007), Petroleum shortage due to strike (samn 22/04/2007)
WFP appeals Mugu chamber to allow emergency food delivery (nn 20/04/2007)
Hilly dists likey to face acute hunger (samn 15/04/2007), 'Food insecurity pervasive in Nepal' (samn 20/04/2007)
Int'l team to assess hunger in Nepal (samn 10/04/2007)
NOC to increase petrol storage capacity (kp 10/04/2007)
NOC, IOC ink new oil agreement, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 03/04/2007)
LPG dealers halt supply in Kathmandu (nn 28/03/2007), Row worsens cooking gas supply (kp 29/03/2007), Liquefied petroleum gas dealers halt supply in Nepali capital (pd 29/03/2007), LPG supply crisis deepens (samn 30/03/2007), Supply of LP Gas worsens in valley (nn 02/04/2007), Cooking gas supply dries up (kp 08/04/2007), Gas dealers seek PM's intervention (samn 08/04/2007), LP gas dealers, distributors submit memo to PM (nn 08/04/2007), Gas import resumes (kp 09/04/2007), Gas dealers agree to resume supply (samn 09/04/2007)
Petrol supply improving (kp 27/03/2007)
Chicken price at all-time high, by Tapas Barsimha Thapa (kp 22/03/2007)
Valley petrol supply on alternate days (kp 09/03/2007), NOC fuel supply cut triggers shortage (kp 16/03/2007), Petroleum shortage continues (nn 22/03/2007), Petroleum shortage bites after supply cut (kp 22/03/2007), Petroleum shortage hits capital hard (samn 23/03/2007), Fuel crisis hits taxi business (samn 24/03/2007), Fuel crisis, by Anil Adhikari (kp 27/03/2007)
Gas dealers press NOC to regularize supply (kp 28/02/2007)
Petrol shortage lingers (kp 21/02/2007)
WFP extends food aid operations (nn 09/02/2007), WFP to resume food aid program (kp 10/02/2007), Hunger Relief: The UN World Food Program extends food aid to cover drought-hit districts (sp 16/02/2007)
Supply system bouncing back as Terai regains order (nn 09/02/2007), Petro products supply improves (kp 09/02/2007)
Goods shortage hits Nepalgunj (kp 08/02/2007)
NOC supplies 600 tons of cooking gas: Stock sufficient for a week (kp 07/02/2007), NOC increases Valley petroleum supply (kp 08/02/2007)
Terai unrest worsens petrol shortage (kp 30/01/2007), Fuel shortage worsens in Valley (kp 02/02/2007), Petroleum being transported from Bhairahawa (nn 04/02/2007), Petrol crisis deepens (kp 04/02/2007), Petrol, gas shortage worsens (kp 05/02/2007), Fuel shortage hits Nepal's capital as crisis worsens in south Nepal (International Herald Tribune 05/02/2007)
Cargo trucks stranded at Biratnagar (samn 26/01/2007)
Deduction for arrears pinches supply (kp 17/01/2007)
Petroleum shortage hits the country (nn 22/12/2006), Petrol shortage hits Valley again, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 22/12/2006), Supply doubled (kp 23/12/2006), IOC resumes petroleum supply, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 23/12/2006), Petroleum supply resumed (samn 23/12/2006), ‘India never cut petro supply’ (kp 24/12/2006), No reduction in petroleum supply: India (nn 24/12/2006)
Hunger in peace, by Marty Logan (nt 08/12/2006)
Severe food grain deficit looms, by Prem Khanal (kp 01/12/2006)
Petroleum shortage in the capital (nn 22/11/2006), Tanker strike, supply cut triggers fuel shortage, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 22/11/2006), No breakthrough in NOC, tanker drivers talks (kp), NOC, tanker drivers agree to resume POL transportation (nn 23/11/2006), NOC accedes to demands: Tanker strike over (kp 24/11/2006), Petrol supply still not normal (nn 28/11/2006), Petrol shortage persists (kp 28/11/2006)
Over million Nepalis may go hungry (samn 16/11/2006)
WFP urges for delivery of the food items (nn 14/11/2006), WFP urges passage for food supply (kp 15/11/2006)
Hungry for food depots (samn 11/11/2006)
WFP and UNFPA provide critical food aid and medical care to drought victims (nn 26/10/2006), WFP, UNFPA work jointly in Mugu, Humla (kp 26/10/2006)
Severe foodgrain deficit looms, by Prem Khanal (kp 19/10/2006), Nepal to face chronic food grain deficit (pd 19/10/2006), Foodgrain deficit (kp 20/10/2006)
Govt committed to increase food output (samn 17/10/2006)
38 districts reeling under food scarcity (sambn 16/10/2006)
WFP assures of continued support to Nepal (nn 06/10/2006)
Bajura
reeling under food shortage (samn 28/09/2006), Rice
shortage in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey (kp 29/09/2006)
Maoist
diktat derails nutrition program, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp
25/09/2006)
Food
scarcity hits western Nepal (kp 20/09/2006)
Western
terai faces fertilizer shortage (kp 05/09/2006)
Food
scarcity hits upper Mustang, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
01/09/2006)
Fuel
supply yet to normalize (kp 24/08/2006)
PM
promises adequate fertilizer supply (kp 16/08/2006)
NOC
denies short supply of fuel (kp 13/08/2006), Petro
products supply normalized (kp 14/08/2006), Petrol
supply situation worsens (kp 15/08/2006), Petrol
crisis persists in Valley (kp 16/08/2006)
Kerosene
saga: 25 pc smuggled back to India, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp
04/08/2006)
Food
crisis hits Kalikot, Mugu, by Tularam Pandey (kp 01/08/2006), WFP
starts airlifting food to drought-hit western Nepal (nn
01/08/2006), US
aid to feed hungry in remote Nepal (kp 02/08/2006), WFP
Airlifts Food to Nepal: Emergency aid will help feed people in
drought-stricken west, by Bishnu K.C. (on 02/08/2006), Food
airlifted to drought-hit areas (Gulf Times 02/08/2006), Operation
Against Hunger: The UN WFP starts airlifting food to help tens of
thousands of people in far western region suffering from hunger and
drought (sp 04/08/2006)
Starvation
threat in Nepal, by Marty Logan (Dawn 27/07/2006), ‘People
ate uncooked rice in Mugu’ (kp 27/07/2006)
Nepal:
Emergency food op starved for donors (One World South Asia
26/07/2006)
Crowd
at FC encircle CDOs, by Arjun Shah (kp 25/07/2006)
Locals
hit by famine, prepare to flee, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp
24/07/2006)
WFP
starts emergency food deliveries in Nepal (People's Daily
21/06/2006),
WFP starts emergency food relief operation (kp 21/06/2006), UN
provides food aid to drought-hit Nepal (Daily Times 22/06/2006),
UN
food agency starts emergency aid deliveries to drought-affected
western Nepal (UN News Centre 23/06/2006), WFP
suspends food aid to two districts (kp 24/06/2006), WFP
Starts Emergency Food Deliveries To Western Nepal (Medical News
Today 26/06/2006)
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