Major LPG manufacturers move court against July 1 strike call of tanker owners
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.06.2019
Major producers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), including Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, have approached the Madras high court to stall the strike call issued by LPG tanker owners.
They claimed that if the strike was allowed, the resulting shortage of cylinders would hit crores of users.
They wanted the court to direct the state commissioner of civil supplies and consumer protection department and the DGP to invoke powers under the Essential Commodities Act to take immediate steps for ensuring uninterrupted and continuous supply of LPG products in the state.
As an interim measure, they wanted the court to direct the DGP to provide adequate police protection at the loading/ unloading locations of cyclinders and to restrain the president and secretary of the Southern Region Bulk LPG Transport Owners’ Associations in Namakkal from going ahead with the strike from July 1.
The issue pertains to state-wise tenders floated in respect of the six southern states, including Puducherry, for the first time for hiring LPG tankers. Not happy with the stipulations, the transport owners associations, at their general body meeting on June 20, resolved to go on strike from July 1.
TO KEEP SUPPLY IN CHECK:
The companies claimed that if the strike was permitted, crores of domestic users would be hit due to cylinder shortage
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.06.2019
Major producers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), including Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, have approached the Madras high court to stall the strike call issued by LPG tanker owners.
They claimed that if the strike was allowed, the resulting shortage of cylinders would hit crores of users.
They wanted the court to direct the state commissioner of civil supplies and consumer protection department and the DGP to invoke powers under the Essential Commodities Act to take immediate steps for ensuring uninterrupted and continuous supply of LPG products in the state.
As an interim measure, they wanted the court to direct the DGP to provide adequate police protection at the loading/ unloading locations of cyclinders and to restrain the president and secretary of the Southern Region Bulk LPG Transport Owners’ Associations in Namakkal from going ahead with the strike from July 1.
The issue pertains to state-wise tenders floated in respect of the six southern states, including Puducherry, for the first time for hiring LPG tankers. Not happy with the stipulations, the transport owners associations, at their general body meeting on June 20, resolved to go on strike from July 1.
TO KEEP SUPPLY IN CHECK:
The companies claimed that if the strike was permitted, crores of domestic users would be hit due to cylinder shortage
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