Kathmandu, June 30 -- Nepal Oil Corporation has stepped up to construct a fuel storage plant in Surkhet, giving momentum to its plan to a construct storage holding 90 days worth of fuel in all seven provinces.

According to the state-owned oil monopoly, it has forwarded the process to lease the land for the purpose in Surkhet, the headquarters of Karnali Province. Surendra Kumar Paudel, managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation, said they had targeted to lease 250 ropanies from Nepal Trust to stock petrol and diesel sufficient to meet the demands of the region for three months.

Paudel said they had received approval from the corporation board to lease the land. "We have sent related documents to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Su...