After long months of getting up early and spending endless hours in queues at service stations in Caracas, the people of the capital began to see the light at the end of the tunnel at the beginning of January and now they can fill their vehicles with gasoline in a few minutes.
Thanks to the increase in fuel production at the end of 2021, the long lines of cars and motorcycles that also used to congest vehicular traffic around the gasoline pumps are no longer seen on the city's avenues.
And it is that since the beginning of the second quarter of 2020, with the fuel shortage and the arrival of the covid-19 that had Venezuelans frightened, the fuel distribution plan was enabled, based on the pico y placa method, which was arranged in various suppliers of the national territory, considered strategic to ensure that it reaches all citizens.
By then, at least 24 stations were set up in the metropolis that would supply drivers according to the number plate terminal of their vehicles; with the exception of the personnel of the prioritized sectors that could be supplied every day.
Since the implementation of the project, the bombs have been under the supervision of the Bolivarian National Guard and members of the country's police forces.
Equipment Últimas Noticias he toured various sectors of the city and corroborated that indeed the gas stations are no longer as they were almost two years ago; Well, in those that had queues there were no more than 30 vehicles that, according to those in charge of the establishments, last less than 15 minutes in line before stocking up.
In this sense, the sergeant major of the GNB, Juan Rengifo, who controls the E/S Ciudad Universitaria, in the San Pedro parish, assured that this is one of the fastest in the area. Statement corroborated by the person in charge of the place, Yarima Flores, who added that the peak and plate modality is implemented on the site. However, as long as there is no queue, they make exceptions for people who need the benefit.
For his part, driver Juan Goncalves, a resident of Los Dos Caminos, Sucre municipality, Miranda state, stated that he usually fills the tank of his car in Ciudad Universitaria because he works nearby. “It is one of the most effective stations, both in terms of time and attention,” he praised.
On the other hand, Julio Molinares, from La Candelaria, explained that he always fills up his car at E/S 93, located on Lecuna Avenue in Nuevo Circo, San Agustín parish.
He stated that some time ago it could take up to three days to obtain fuel, but added that the queues have significantly decreased. "I just entered and it took me at most 10 minutes in line," he explained while waiting for the firefighter to fill his tank.
At another point, Diana Sosa, the second sergeant commissioned to control the distribution in the 93, explained that since approximately last August the rows of cars began to flow quickly at the station.
In the I/O El Conde, in Parque Central, San Agustín, and the El Llanito PDV pump, in Petare, there were also few units waiting to be supplied.
The same thing happened at the La Urbina III pump, in Petare, where queues circulate quickly and those who are passing through like Carlos Sixto, from the eastern part of the country, extolled the service they provide in the place where it only took 10 minutes to stock up on gasoline and continue your journey through the capital.
Voices
Leonardo Yépez “I often come to this station (La Urbina III- in Miranda) because the attention is very good, of quality. It only took me 10 minutes in line to get gas.”
Rodolfo Valera “I belong to the Conductors United of Petare. I always come here to get gas (E/S Sucre, in Miranda). I don't even have half an hour in line and I'm already stocking up”.
