AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): With the ongoing crisis of petrol in the state the authority has imposed the rationing system in distribution of petrol in the state. Rationing system imposed over the distribution of the petrol in the state from Sunday.

Rationing is imposed for controlled distribution due to scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.

Rationing is often done to keep price below the equilibrium (market-clearing) price determined by the process of supply and demand in an unfettered market. Thus, rationing can be complementary to price controls.

The petrol pump owners have imposed fuel rationing after its storage started dwindling along with the disruption in supply over past 15 days due to the dilapidated condition of NH44 which has obstructed the movement of the traffic on the road.

It is to be mentioned here that according to the rationing policy two wheelers will be given petrol for only 200rs and the four wheelers will given petrol for Rs500 so that a balance can be maintained.

However, the sources further said that in this situation of crisis black marketing has gone high in t h state. The CNG autos are refilling their tank and later selling it outside in the market in much higher rates which is further leading to crisis in the pumps.

Fuel rationing began on Sunday to cope with a worsening shortage brought on by continuing poor condition of NH44.

Petrol crisis again hit Tripura badly with the customers suffering and standing in long queues for the last 12 days at petrol pumps across the capital city, Agartala. Recently, only few petrol pumps are active in the city. Though, the petrol crisis continued, but Dept of food & civil supplies had not yet taken any proper steps.

On the other hand, corrupt traders were fully utilizing the scarcity by selling the petrol in black markets. Speaking to TIWN a bike owner said that most of the filling stations have put the board of no petrol but actually there is petrol. We are compelled to buy petrol from the black-market at Rs 200 per liter.

Owners of vehicles are facing great difficulties in obtaining fuel. They are forced to spend their days from the early morning onwards waiting in long queues in front of the petrol stations to get fuel.