AGARTALA, Aug 2 (TIWN): Even though Chief Minister Biplab Deb on March 29, 2018 before inaugurating the fuel-carrying cargo at Dharmanagar Rail Station said that the long queues of buyers before petrol pump will no more exist in Tripura but now under saffron backed organization the petrol pump started running dry for uncertain period of time from Thursday. With 5 demands the Oil Tanker Mazdoor Sangh has gone in strike, till their demands are fulfilled. Their 5 demands are : 1) Salary hike, 2) P.F. to be launched for workers, 3) Medical allowances for oil tanker workers, 4) Weekly holiday, 5) To launch pension for them.

But on the Day-1 acute petrol crisis has hit the petrol pumps led the buyers queued up in lines. Even though state should have 1 week's enough fuel storage how, petrol crisis started from on Day-1 of strike it has raised question and resentments, when state is habituated in black marketing of fuel. 

Thousands of buyers are standing in rows in front of various petrol pumps of the Capital city, whereas other subdivisions' conditions are also same. 

Tripura faced a dry season of petrol for 2 / 3 months long in August, July months of 2017. On that time, people had to wait for whole night to collect fuel in the next morning. So whenever, petrol crisis starts, 2017's crisis-era haunts he consumers.