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Fuel barcode system to resume in Sebha

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Sebha Municipality will restore next week the barcode system used to organise access to fuel in southern Libya. The measure aims to reduce queues and facilitate distribution, after lines that could stretch for five kilometres and last up to four days, according to Sebha Municipality.

The barcode system allowing residents of Sebha, in southern Libya to refuel will resume next week, Sebha Municipality announced, according to Libya Herald.

The municipality says the system is intended to organise distribution, make it easier for citizens to access the fuel they need and reduce queues at petrol stations. It also responds to residents’ requests, following the system’s cancellation in September because of objections relating in particular to supplies to petrol stations, according to Libya Herald.

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