Bus and taxi drivers blocked roads in the Qalamoun region, at the southern entrance to Tripoli, for several hours on Monday with their vehicles, as well as the entrance to the Beddaoui oil installations in Tripoli (North Lebanon), to denounce the lack of fuels, while shortages continue to increase in a country in the midst of collapse.
Protesters demonstrated near the Tripoli-Minieh-Akkar road parallel to the entrance to refineries in the region, which caused traffic jams between Beddaoui and Orman (North), reports our correspondent in the region, Michel Hallak. Deploring this situation, the president of the northern drivers’ union, Chadi el-Sayed, called on the authorities concerned to provide fuel to the drivers, so that they can resume their work, and warned against further measures of escalation if these are not supplied with fuel. The sit-in ended shortly before noon.
Chadi el-Sayed thanked the Lebanese army which intervened and helped him to meet with the management of the oil installations in Beddaoui. According to the trade unionist, an agreement with the oil installations in Tripoli has been reached to help drivers obtain fuel oil at certain service stations.
Last June, the union of service station owners in Lebanon declared that a lane will be dedicated to buses and taxis in front of petrol pumps, to give them priority. However, this decision still does not seem to be implemented, as chaos often reigns in front of these stations.
The fuel crisis persists, officials still have not found a solution to the problem, and the way of life of the Lebanese now waltzes to the rhythm of the crises. A large number of motorists queue for long hours every day in front of the stations which are still open, in what is now called “queues of humiliation”.
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Bus and taxi drivers blocked roads in the Qalamoun region, at the southern entrance to Tripoli, for several hours on Monday with their vehicles, as well as the entrance to the Beddaoui oil facilities in Tripoli (North Lebanon), to denounce the lack of fuels, while shortages continue to increase in a country in the throes of collapse …
