OMCs Impose Curbs On Diesel Supply To Transport Vehicles

HPCL and BPCL are supplying diesel up to 200 litre per transaction against the requirement of diesel of 250 to 300 litres for heavy vehicles like trucks and buses. So is the case for farming machinery for the farmers where the requirement for diesel is around 300-500 litres.

Fuel stations say the OMCs are not allowing bulk sale of fuel by imposing a limit. In case they violate the limit by supplying fuel to the regular customers or those who are in need of more quantity of fuel, they are being served with notices. Their sales are even getting blocked through automation systems.

The petroleum traders approached civil supplies commissioner Kanna Babu and submitted a representation seeking his intervention. They informed him that the big vehicles require diesel in the range of 350 to 400 litres and the vehicle operators were insisting on filling up the full tank for long-distance travel.

The fuel stations urged the government to issue suitable directions to the OMCs to ensure uninterrupted supply of fuel to the transportation, agriculture, aquaculture and other sectors involved in dealing with essential services.

General secretary of the AP federation of petroleum traders general secretary P. Ravi Kumar said, “We appeal to the state government to ensure supply of fuel full tank to the vehicles transporting goods and passengers so that there will not be any problem in transportation of goods and also the passengers.”

Meanwhile, transporters too approached the civil supplies commissioner seeking his intervention.

General secretary of the lorry owner’s association Y.V. Eswara Rao said, “Though OMCs claim that they have adequate quantities of fuels, they are not supplying them as per demand.”