Rumours of fuel scarcity trigger long queues at fuel stations across the city. On Monday, many filling stations closed, citing shortages. The photo was taken at the Ganabhaban area on Mirpur Road in the capital. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman Motorists continued to queue for hours at different petrol-pump stations in the city on Monday also, fearing that the ongoing Middle East conflict could disrupt fuel supplies.
Although some pumps stopped selling diesel, petrol and octane, private cars, motorbikes, pickup vans were seen standing in front of those pumps.
Drivers of vehicles, including cars and motorbikes, said they didn't have the capacity to move from one pump station to another.
Some of them said their fuel was exhausted so they did not have any alternative but to re-fuelling of their respective vehicles.
Some pumps that were selling fuel oil saw long queues of more than a kilometer of vehicles, especially private cars and motorbikes.
At least three petrol pumps at Kalyanpur, Mohammadpur, Bijoysarani and Kalsi, Mirpur areas in the city stopped selling diesel, petrol and octane.
One pump station at those areas sold only diesel while the other one sold only octane while the rest four pumps sold only octane and diesel.
A petrol pump staff at Motijheel told the FE that no petrol, diesel and octane could be sold on the whole day.
The longest queue was seen at Trust Pump at Bijoy Sarani.
"I have been waiting for about two hours. I don't know when I will get petrol. It is not possible for me to push my bike to another pump station," said Md Arman Mia, who earns his livelihood through ride sharing.
A queue stretching one-and-half kilomteres was seen by private cars standing from the pump to Mohakhali Universal Medical.
Sumatra Filling Station at Kalshi, Mirpur also witnessed long queues of vehicles for re-fuelling.
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