Diesel Queues In Bengkulu Are Getting Bigger, Truck Drivers Park From Dawn To Even Stay

A number of vehicles queue at the Kebun Tebeng gas station in Bengkulu City to get subsidized diesel fuel. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The queue of trucks at a number of public fuel filling stations (SPBU) in Bengkulu City is still high. The truck drivers parked since dawn, some even stayed in the vicinity of the gas station to get diesel fuel.

One of the truck drivers, Carli at the Betungan gas station in Bengkulu City, Thursday, said that he was willing to queue since the early hours of the morning to get subsidized diesel fuel.

"This condition has occurred in the past month and we are queuing and even staying around the gas station to get diesel," Carli said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, August 11.

Queues at a number of gas stations remain high even though some gas stations have implemented normal filling rules, but the availability of diesel is often empty.

Previously, the Bengkulu Provincial Government had revoked the curfew for solar charging to reduce long queues.

The Bengkulu Provincial Government has also proposed an addition of 31,000 kilo liters from the quota set in 2022, amounting to 111,970 kilo liters.

It is known, as many as four gas stations in the Bengkulu Province have proposed a suspension of the sale of subsidized diesel fuel (BBM).

Based on data from PT Pertamina Patriniaga for the Southern Sumatra Region (Sumbagsel), there are 4 gas stations, namely Kandang gas station, Bumiayu gas station and Rawa Makmur gas station in Bengkulu City.

Meanwhile, another gas station is located in Kepahiang Regency, precisely at the Kepahiang - Rejang Lebong cross road gas station, precisely in the Pekalongan Village area.