The government is considering deploying troops for the delivery of petrol

Critical shortage of petrol in Britain: 90% of petrol pumps empty

Law repealed to meet fuel shortages: Long lines at every gas station for the last four days

LONDON: The British government is seriously considering calling in troops to tackle the situation, with long queues of customers filling up their vehicles at gas stations of various companies in most of Britain's cities over the past four days.

The government also temporarily repealed its competition law in an effort to meet the shortage of petrol and diesel and alleviate the suffering of the people.

As part of its efforts to alleviate the shortage of petrol, the government temporarily repealed some of its sub-sections under the Competition Act so that fuel trading companies could sell fuel at a discount and increase supply to alleviate the shortage. With the repeal of some sub-sections of the law, the government will now be able to work with oil companies, gas station owners, suppliers, and retailers to address the shortage.

"Refineries and terminals are overflowing with tens of millions of tonnes of petrol and diesel, but the whole supply chain has been disrupted and that is why our government has repealed some sub-sections of the Competition Act to ease the current situation," said Quasi Quarteng, Britain's commerce minister.

The Brexit and Covid-19 epidemics have disrupted Britain's entire supply chain and led to a severe shortage of truck drivers in the country, leading to a shortage of petrol and diesel in European countries but not enough truck drivers to bring it to Britain. Has been created.

Brian Madersen, president of the Petrol Retailers Association, said training has also begun on how to navigate patrol trucks and tankers. However, the government denied that any such training had been started. The association, which represents about 5,500 gas stations, said one-third of its members were currently facing a severe shortage of petrol.