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Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said the acute shortage of petrol and diesel will end by Wednesday morning as urgent steps are being taken to supply the fuel to petrol bunks.
In a statement , Jayalalitha
said: "The Chennai requires 2,100 kilo litres (KL) of petrol and 2,500 KL
of diesel per day for daily consumption ."
The 67,000 KL of fuel brought by
the oil companies through ships will be distributed to the retail outlets
immediately so that the fuel shortage in the city comes to an end by Wednesday morning , she added.However, during the day
several oil outlets remained closed for want of supplies and some had long
queues. The oil tankers arrived at Chennai port Tuesday afternoon.It will be
distributed to outlets by Tuesday night.
Jayalalithaa also said 2,000 KL
of diesel will be brought by road from Bangalore by the oil marketing
companies. According to Jayalalithaa, the sudden fuel shortage was due to the
closure of Mangalore Refinaries and Petrochemicals unit for 10 days and the
non-receipt of fuel by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd .
Appreciating the
Jayalalitha’s government effort to solve the problem, M. Kannan, president of
the Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association, told IANS: "It was due to
the state government's effort the issue has been sorted out soon." He said
some supplies have come Tuesday and the situation is somewhat better.
Meanwhile V.K. Jaychandran,
executive director at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and the state-level
coordinator for oil industry , Tamil Nadu and Puducherry,said few more tankers with HSD ,Motor spirit came to Chennai port and waiting for berth
place .Once the berth place is allocated .Fuel will be discharged .
Hope petrol crisis comes to an
end by Wednesday morning .
