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Petrol pumps dry up in Uttar Pradesh

National,Business, Fri, 09 Jan 2009 IANS

Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) A majority of petrol pumps across Uttar Pradesh, including in major cities like Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and Kanpur, went dry Friday afternoon, as the ongoing strike by officers of public sector oil firms entered the third day.

 

'We have received information that nearly 85 percent petrol pumps in Aligarh, Varanasi and Meerut have been closed while 70 percent of petrol and diesel outlets in Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow and Allahabad are not providing fuel supplies,' UP Petrol Dealer Traders' Association (UPDTA) V.N. Shukla told IANS Friday.

 

 

In Jhansi district, out of the total 68 petrol/diesel refilling stations, 60 have downed their shutters as they are unable to get any fuel supply in the wake of the ongoing strike, he added.

 

 

Nearly 2,000 oil firm officials across Uttar Pradesh have boycotted work in response to the nationwide strike called by the Oil Sector Officers Association (OSOA), said UPPDTA officials.

 

 

However, officials of the Hindustan Petroleum have not joined the strike, they added.

 

 

There are about 4,000 petrol and diesel refilling stations in Uttar Pradesh with the state capital having nearly 110 petrol pumps. Out of these, only 11 are owned by the Hindustan Petroleum, according to UPPDTA.

 

 

The state government Jan 7 had already banned any strike by oil sector employees for a period of six months with immediate effect in public interest under the UP Most Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1966, official said.

 

 

Meanwhile, there was chaos and confusion at all the petrol and diesel outlets in Lucknow.

 

 

'One of my friends told me that fuel was being supplied at this Bharat Petroleum outlet along Gokhale Marg in Hazratganj. But, by the time I reached there from my residence in Indra Nagar, petrol was out of stock,' Deepak Mehrota, a teacher in a private school, told IANS.

 


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Sanjay

January 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM

We the ONGC people contributed some 30000 crores rupees towards the oil subsidy. Had we taken the 5% of the same as our annual incentive what is the norm of the industry for a profit making company it would have come to the tune of Rs 1500 crores enough for the demand made by us as pay revision for many years. The ego of the MOPNG and the oil secretary drove us to this juncture and the nation has been incurring Rs 2000 crore per day. This is an act of utmost foolishness that anybody could understand straight away that who is the real culprit behind the hardship of the poor citizen of India. Its not we people who are doing the wrong on our brethren but it is foisted on us. We waited for 2 years for the right thing to be done by the ministers anb the other concerned one. They didn't pay any heed then and right out crying foul. Our strike call deferred thrice earlier but they underestimated our unity and ill prepare for this eventuality. it is upto the nation to decide who is what. The news readers in various channels are vieing hard for increasing their TRP and showing a heap of wrong informations totally anomalous and out of truth every line. They should do their home work before presenting any thing to the people.


 

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