Oil PSU Officers and Truckers dual strike immobilise citizens
Oil crisis worsens as pumps go dry; govt warns of action
NDTV Correspondent
Friday, January 09, 2009, (New Delhi)
Petrol pumps in many parts of the country went dry and more are expected to run out of stock by Friday as the indefinite strike by oil PSU officers entered the second day today. This provoked the government to ask company managements to sack close to 70 executives leading the stir. There are 32,000 fuel pumps in India out of which about 50% are out of stock.
In Delhi, half the pumps have run out of fuel.
In Mumbai too, more than 100 of the 250 pumps are dry.
The situation is little better in Kolkata with 30% pumps out of stock so far.
In Chennai, it's as bad as Delhi with half the city's pumps going dry.
With jet fuel supply also hit, flights have been delayed. In Mumbai, over 70 flights were running behind schedule. The strike also had an impact on oil and gas production with four key refineries now running below capacity and their output is down by 30%. Mumbai went without gas after officers in ONGC stopped natural gas production off Mumbai shore. Delhi may also see a CNG crisis tomorrow.
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