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The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has urged the general public not to store petroleum products unnecessarily stating that import of petroleum products was regular.

NOC Executive Director Chandika Prasad Bhatta urged the public not to store the petroleum products unnecessarily since that could cause the risk of an accident, adding that the supply of the petroleum products was regular and would remain the same also during the election period.

In a notice on Monday, he said, "The import of petroleum products is uninterrupted through the pipeline. Import of petroleum products will continue even during the time of the upcoming elections." The election to the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place on March 5.

He has also warned of fire-induced disasters if petroleum products were stored in cans, drums and other vessels. Bhatta has shared that storage of petroleum products was strictly prohibited in view of possible fire-induced disasters.

The NOC has urged consumers to cooperate with the NOC only by purchasing the required quantity of petroleum products.