The next 15 days may be difficult for the people of Punjab. Now people will not get petrol and diesel after 5 pm. Petrol pumps will remain open from 7 am to 5 pm only. This decision has been taken in the meeting of Punjab Petroleum Dealers Association.
The announcement was made after a meeting of dealers in Ludhiana on Sunday. About 50 petrol pump owners including Jalandhar, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Moga participated in this meeting. In which the association’s Manjit Singh, Ashok Sachdeva, Monty Sehgal were also present.
Petrol and diesel prices are increasing
Association President Paramjit Singh Doaba said that the prices of petrol and diesel are increasing continuously. This is increasing their input cost. There was no increase in his commission in comparison. The cost has doubled in the last 5 years. Several meetings have been held with the government in this regard. From controlling the prices, they have demanded to increase the commission. Despite this no decision was taken.
open for 24 hours
According to the association, keeping the petrol pump open for 24 hours or till late night is increasing their expenditure. Earnings are less than this. Because of this, now they will open the pump late in the morning and close it early in the evening too. This will bring down their cost a bit.
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will strike after 15 days
According to the association, at present this process will be held from November 7 to 21. If the government does not listen even in the next 15 days, then on November 22, the petrol pumps will remain closed for the whole day. In which he will decide the strategy of further struggle. Due to non-increasing commission and daily increase in prices, many pumps have reached the verge of closure. So he is forced to fight.
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