KATHMANDU: Finally, the petrol provided by China as a grant has arrived in Kathmandu on Monday evening.

Nepal Oil Corporation, Thankot depot chief, Rabin Sharma, told the Rastriya Samachar Samiti that the first lot of grant has arrived in the depot today.

Of total 1.3 million litre fuel pledged by China, as much as 102,000 litre oil has arrived in Kathmandu, according to the NOC.

After fuel supplies to Nepal from India dwindled heavily for last one month, the government had initiated process to import fuel from China.

The NOC had sent 12 tankers to the Chinese city of Kyirong to bring fuel last week.