Aizawl: Donny Lalruatsanga, district magistrate of Lawngtlai district, on Friday issued an order banning the sale of oil from the district to Myanmar and other foreign countries, citing a possible shortage and the need to enforce austerity measures on petrol, diesel and cooking gas.Lalruatsanga said those given special permits by competent authorities will be exempted from the ban.The order allows filling stations to sell up to 30 litres of motor spirit (MS) and 100 litres of high speed diesel (HSD) per day in containers to each person who is not a licence holder. Filling stations have also been barred from selling fuel above normal rates.Illegal transportation of fuel within Lawngtlai district has also been prohibited.Separately, executive member in charge of the revenue department of the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC), Lalropuia Chinzah, on Friday cautioned members of the Lawngtlai District Merchant Association (LDMA) over what he described as “mushrooming unregulated transnational border trade with Myanmar”.
