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Petrol pump strike in Maharashtra
Mumbai:
Petrol pumps in Maharashtra went on a 24-hour-strike
on Monday. They are demanding fuel marker kit to check
adulteration. About 256 petrol pumps in Mumbai and 2700
gas stations downed shutters from Sunday midnight. The
Petrol Dealers Association has been seeking the government's
nod to keep a fuel marker kit at petrol vends to enable
them check the quality of fuel supplied by oil companies
for a long time. But the Petroleum Ministry has given
this facility only to one private agency, which the
dealers association claim is corrupt. "Adulteration
is a very big menace for this country. Fifty thousand
crores rupees, I believe are lost due to adulteration.
Vehicle pollution and everything is because of that.
We are trying to highlight the issue, to make marker
kit available on table top so that me and my customer
can check it," said Ravi Shinde, President of Mumbai's
Petrol Dealer's Association. Meanwhile, helpless vehicle
owners said they had to bear the brunt of the strike.
"My friend's father has expired and I have to go to
Vadala to pick them up. But I can't go there, as the
petrol tank is empty," said Tushar, a resident. According
to the Petrol Dealers Association, tamper-free marker
would help to bring transparency and stop the adulteration
of oil. The 'Marker' is a permanent coloured substance,
which helps to identify adulteration.
- September
3, 2007
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