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Petrol pumps shut on Sundays from May 14 in Telangana, AP
Beginning May 14, fuel outlets in eight states, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will be shut every Sunday following Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s call to conserve oil, a fuel pump owners\' body said on Tuesday.
Hyderabad/Chennai: Beginning May 14, fuel outlets in eight states, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will be shut every Sunday following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to conserve oil, a fuel pump owners' body said on Tuesday.
"We had planned to shut our outlets on Sundays a few years back. But oil marketing companies had then requested us to reconsider our decision.
Now we have decided to shut the outlets on Sundays," said Suresh Kumar, an executive committee member of the consortium of Indian Petroleum Hyderabad/Chennai: Beginning May 14, fuel outlets in eight states, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will be shut every Sunday following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to conserve oil, a fuel pump owners' body said on Tuesday.
"We had planned to shut our outlets on Sundays a few years back. But oil marketing companies had then requested us to reconsider our decision. Now we have decided to shut the outlets on Sundays," said Suresh Kumar, an executive committee member of the consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers.
He said the association's decision was made in view of the Prime Minister's call during his recent 'Mann ki Baat' programme to conserve oil to save the environment.
Kumar, also the vice-president of Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association, said nearly 20,000 outlets in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, Maharashtra and Haryana would be shut for 24 hours on Sundays, starting May 14.
"In Tamil Nadu, we expect a business loss of Rs 150 crore if we do not operate on a Sunday. But we have been seeing a decline in sales on Sundays by up to 40 per cent," he said.
