New Delhi: The petroleum ministry denounced the decision of a section of dealers in mainly South India to close fuel pumps on Sundays.
The Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers had said it was going to keep their pumps shut on Sundays from May 14 onwards in support of the Prime Minister’s request to reduce fuel imports. But the Ministry said the PM originally meant to conserve the fuel and not for pumps to be kept shut.
“Hon PM in #MannKiBaat appealed to People of India not to use fuel once a week & not to dealers to close their pumps on Sundays. Major dealer’s federations have clarified that they don’t endorse any closure of petrol pumps on any day. @PetroleumMin neither endorses nor approves of move by small section of dealers to keep their petrol pumps closed on Sundays,” it tweeted.
