Solar is Rare in Dumai, Truck Queues Up to 500m at Gas Stations
In DUMAI - Long queues for refueling subsidized diesel fuel (BBM) have been seen in the city of Dumai, precisely at the Jalan Putri Tujuh gas station, in the past few days including Friday (5/8/2022)
Based on observations at the Jalan Putri Tujuh gas station, the queue for fuel is snaking around 500 meters, even the queue of cars which are dominated by tronton trucks looks neat since the opening of the gas station.
Not infrequently to fill diesel, tronton drivers are forced to queue for a few hours before being able to refill diesel at the Putri Tujuh gas station.
Jali, one of the Tronton truck drivers who has been driving since 10.00 WIB admitted that it had been the past few days, always queued for Solar before going to work, because if he was forced to do it, he was afraid of not getting Solar.
"I've been queuing for about 1 hour from 10:00 WIT, and I was only able to fill up diesel around 11.30 WIT. I am now queuing every morning, at the Putri Seven gas station, because if it's evening or afternoon, it can be ascertained that the diesel will run out," he said, Friday (5/5). 8/2022).
He added that diesel fuel is scarce in almost every gas station in Dumai City, making it difficult for him to work optimally as a tronton truck driver.
"How can I queue again, usually there's no queue like this, friends also complain about rare and fast diesel fuel," he said.
Likewise, with Jali, another Tronton driver Bambang, who admitted that he had been queuing at the Putri Tujuh gas station since morning.
He admitted that he couldn't understand why the diesel could run out quickly. In fact, he and his other colleagues always queued for diesel at the Putri Tujuh gas station.
"It's a big gas station here, but it often runs out, we have to queue every morning to get diesel.
"Bambang hopes that the government can return to normalizing diesel fuel, so that the work can run smoothly, if it continues like this, it may not work a day or a day, because time is running out for queuing for diesel.