July 23, 2024, 4:04 PM
July 23, 2024, 4:04 PM
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), the Telecommunications and Transport Regulation and Supervision Authority (ATT) and the La Paz Bus Terminal began the work tables this Tuesday, under the “controlled supply plan”, which seeks to avoid lines for diesel, for example, at the “Volcan” gas station, located on Montes Avenue in the city of La Paz.
According to these state entities, The goal is to “end speculation,” with actions so that, in land transport terminals, the service operators have access to information on fuel loading and available pumps in real time. However, They did not explain the methodology or the means that will be used to access the information.
“This measure is timely and assertive, Transport will receive information, in coordination with the ANH, at the terminals with respect to fuel loading points in an efficient and timely manner. We believe that this will help to ensure that “End fuel speculation” explained the executive director of ATT, Néstor Ríos, to the ABI news agency.
Meanwhile, the executive director of the ANH, Germán Jiménez, explained that the “controlled supply plan” is for give priority to public service, emergencies, urban, interdepartmental and productive transport.
“We need to have controlled supply for all sectors. We need to have a equitable distribution and guaranteeing supply to the domestic market,” He said that the departmental directors were instructed to meet with the affected sectors.
Jiménez recalled that, in La Paz, the ANH Doubled the volume of fuel required for the “Volcán” service station to cover the supply demand of interdepartmental buses. “This service station is marketing around 120,000 liters per dayhe assured.
Meanwhile, heavy transport affiliated with the National Chamber of this sector, announced blockades starting this Wednesday, if the Government does not resolve the normal supply of diesel once and for all.
“The bases that are tired of sleeping at the pumps and tomorrow, automatically in all departments, They are going to start crossing the trucks so that no one can pass through and the Government can immediately solve these problems and not have to wait in line as we are seeing now,” said Héctor Mercado, leader of the union.
