Sep 26, 2015: Government of Nepal has decided to implement odd even number system in the country from Sunday, due to the shortage of petroleum products in the country. As the essential supplies including fuels are unofficially blocked by India and some Madhes based parties are also blocking the major entry points, the petroleum products got deficient. Lots of vehicles were bound to queue up in the line for hours to get the fuel in the government/security forces owned petrol pumps. With the system, vehicles with odd number will be allowed to ply on the road on odd dates and even number vehicles on even dates. Home ministry has announced to implement the numbering system strictly from Sunday till the situation gets better. India has officially expressed its resentment in the promulgation of new constitution over the agitation in Madhesh and even hinted some blockade. Though there is no any official announcement of blockade from India, the tanks carrying essential supplies and petroleum products have been blocked in all of the checkpoints and Indian Oil corporation have stopped to provide petroleum fuels to Nepal Oil corporation.
This sort of numbering system was implemented several times in some of the major events happened in Nepal like the SAARC summit, that time it was for reducing the number of vehicles plying in the road for traffic congestion but this time it is for the shortage of fuel.
