Jaigaon residents travel to Bhutan to buy petroleum fuels at lower rates

Residents of Jaigaon — the town in Alipurduar district that sits on the frontier with Bhutan — are now crossing the border to buy petroleum fuels which are cheap in the Himalayan kingdom.

Bhutan had reopened the four border points linking India on September 23 after a gap of two-and-a-half years. The border had been sealed because of Covid-19.

Petro fuels are supplied to Bhutan from India by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.