JAMMU, Jan 2: There was huge queues at gasoline stations throughout Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday because the truckers’ strike in opposition to stricter punishments in hit-and-run instances within the new regulation hit provides within the area and triggered a panic-buying spree.
The J-Okay gasoline station house owners’ affiliation stated 90 per cent of petrol pumps have gone dry in Jammu and within the subsequent few hours, all shares will run out as 1,500 tankers carrying gasoline to the Union territory and Ladakh have been on strike.
The strike will proceed and drivers is not going to return to work except the brand new legislations are repealed, the All J&Okay Petrol Tanker House owners’ Affiliation has stated.
A whole lot of autos lined up at many of the gasoline stations in Kashmir, resulting in site visitors snarls in some elements of Srinagar and elsewhere within the Valley. Underneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which is ready to exchange the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, drivers who trigger severe street accidents attributable to negligent driving and run away with out informing police or the administration withstand 10 years in jail or a high quality of Rs 7 lakh. Truckers in a number of states launched a protest in opposition to the ”stringent provision” on Monday.
Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, V Okay Bidhuri stated, ”There may be an impression of the nationwide strike right here as properly. However we’ve got 21 days’ inventory of diesel and 24 days’ inventory of petrol out there on the depots within the Valley. We even have over 20 days’ inventory of LPG out there.” ”I’ve held a gathering with the representatives of the oil corporations as properly. There isn’t any have to panic,” he added.
In the meantime, a gasoline station supervisor in Srinagar stated their inventory will final for one more day on the most. ”We had sufficient provides to final 4 to 5 days, however since everyone seems to be filling full tanks and there’s a big rush, the inventory will final most for a day,” he added.
In Jammu, some gasoline station house owners have additionally sought police assist to cope with the state of affairs. Rakshit Singh, who works on the petrol pump in Bohri, stated, ”There are orders from the administration to ration gasoline, and proper now, we’re solely giving petrol price Rs 1,000 and 10 litres of diesel to vehicles.” Plenty of individuals standing in queues outdoors the petrol pumps stated they’ve been ready for practically an hour, and much more in some instances, for his or her flip.
”We have now been on this lengthy queue for the previous one and a half hours… There are over 300 autos. Everyone seems to be panic-stricken,” Kapil Sharma stated outdoors the Udhaywala gasoline pump.
Healthcare employee Sunita expressed issues in regards to the prevailing state of affairs. ”I’m fearful… what is going to occur in case the strike extends to an extended interval,” she stated.
Anand Sharma, president of the All J&Okay Petrol Tanker House owners’ Affiliation and the J&Okay Gasoline Station House owners’ Affiliation, stated over 1,500 oil tankers have been on strike since Monday morning.
”The state of affairs goes to worsen if the federal government fails to roll again the black regulation imposed on us. Ninety per cent of pumps have gone dry and within the subsequent two hours, all of the gasoline stations will go dry. The federal government has bitterly failed to deal with the problem,” he stated.
Sharma added that if the state of affairs continues like this, there will probably be no gasoline provide for the armed forces and the general public which can badly hit regular life in J&Okay and Ladakh.
The strike will proceed and drivers is not going to return to work except the brand new legislations are repealed, he stated.
All J&Okay Transporters’ Welfare Affiliation chairperson Ajit Singh stated {that a} written illustration can be given to the lieutenant governor. (Companies)
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