Kabwe Petrol Shortage persists

The shortage of petrol in Kabwe district has continued with several motorists queuing for the commodity..

A check yesterday found only one filling station, Kobil, pumping petrol while the rest did not have the commodity.

A worker at Kobil, Linah Nkhoma said the station had received only 6, 000 liters of petrol early yesterday morning.

She said the station would sell only 4,000 to ordinary motorists while the 2, 000 would be reserved for account holders.

The rest of the filling stations that include Petrotech, two Total filling stations and BP filling stations including Caltex did not have petrol and were only selling diesel.

At Caltex a fuel attendant told ZANIS that the station was expecting 7,000 liters of petrol anytime adding that the amount would still not be enough for the day.

Starting yesterday, the petrol shortage in Kabwe became serious with all filling stations only selling diesel.

ZANIS