{"id":175605,"date":"2018-10-17T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/fuel-crisis-re-emerging-in-sudan-transport-tariffs-double\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T12:42:00","slug":"fuel-crisis-re-emerging-in-sudan-transport-tariffs-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/fuel-crisis-re-emerging-in-sudan-transport-tariffs-double","title":{"rendered":"Fuel crisis re-emerging in Sudan, transport tariffs double"},"content":{"rendered":"

After <\/strong>a few <\/strong>months of relative relief, the Sudanese capital is again witnessing queues in front of petrol stations. Bus passengers <\/strong>are <\/strong>wait<\/strong>ing<\/strong> long hours for transport. The authorities of El Geneina in West Darfur have introduced fuel distribution cards. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this week<\/a>, people in Khartoum reported a renewed scarcity of petrol and diesel at the filling station. Pump owners attributed the crisis to the reduction of the daily rations for a number of fuel stations.<\/p>\n

A worker at a petrol station in Omdurman told this station on Tuesday that their share of diesel decreased that morning.<\/p>\n

Apart from a lack of transport and overcrowded bus stations, commuters in Khartoum complain about a tariff increase of 100 per cent.<\/p>\n

“I daily pay at least SDG 10 ($ 0.21*) for a short ride to my work,” a basic school teacher complained. “And as I earn a poor SDG 1,300 ($ 28) a month, I really don’t know any more how to survive.”<\/p>\n

Fuel cards<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commissioner of El Geneina locality in West Darfur has decided to distribute petrol and diesel for commercial and private vehicles through fuel cards.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Mohamed Abdelrahman told the press in El Geneina that the illegal sale of fuel outside the filling stations must be banned.<\/p>\n

Radio Dabanga reported on Monday<\/a> that agents of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Abu Jubeiha in South Kordofan are regulating the distribution of fuel through permits for pumps.<\/p>\n

The filling stations are not allowed to supply outside the fuel tanks.<\/p>\n

Sudan has been suffering from a scarcity of fuel and cooking gas, in addition to a lack of flour<\/a> in the last couple of years. In March this year<\/a> however, the crises became acute.<\/p>\n

* Based on the <\/em>daily<\/a> US Dollar rate<\/a><\/em> quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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