A shortage of high-speed diesel has forced the farmers to run from pillar to post to get fuel supply for crop harvesting as its unavailability may lead to delay in harvesting. They say retail outlets are selling petrol but they are not offering diesel.
While on the one hand, the COVID-19-fuelled lockdown has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for oil traders who have pocketed billions of rupees, farmers have been hit hard due to huge diesel shortage.
A couple of days ago,
Oil industry officials say if the government further relaxes the lockdown after
However, the Petroleum Division in an earlier statement said there was ample stock of petrol and diesel in the market. There were 285,000 tons of petrol and 350,000 tons of diesel, which were sufficient to meet the domestic requirement for the next 15 days, it said.
Moreover, according to the spokesperson, PSO has instructions from the
'However, as per refinery availability and demand pattern, PSO could not have survived the first fortnight of
Hence, the spokesperson said, comparing the two tenders of entirely different delivery periods did not have any rationale.
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