Some petrol pumps operated by Nepal Police and Armed Police Force have started opening 24 hours. On the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane, the petrol pumps operated by the police have started to open from 7 March. For the time being, Nepal Police Head Office Naxal, Armed Police Force Head Office Halchok and petrol pumps operating in Pokhara have been opened 24 hours a day.