India, Nepal in 2045 BS was above the economic blockade imposed: In 1988/89 AD, it was a big crisis when India blockade Nepal. During that time, though there were not much vehicles like present day, general public felt extreme shortage of kerosene, diesel, and petrol. Then Panchayat Government conducted campaign in the villages of mid-tarai against the black marketing in border area. Government had tough time dealing the situation at first but it tried hard to ease the situation during blockade period. So how was petroleum products imported to Nepal? Let's go through a report published in Naya Patrika daily on the blockade of 2045 BS: During 1988/89, Nepal Oil Corporation, NOC used to purchase diesel and kerosene in minimum quoted price with third country through global quotation and sell them to Indian Oil Corporation, IOC which used to be profitable transaction. NOC then used to purchase petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, gas, lubricant, oil consumed in jute mill, furniture oil and road pitch from IOC.
