Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 14: Indian Oil has felicitated its employees, staff, Tank Truck (TT) drivers and channel partners at Srinagar (Zeewan depot) for their contribution in maintaining the supply lines during times of unrest in Kashmir valley.
The joint effort of the Indian Oil family has ensured that LPG continues to light stoves in every Kashmir kitchen, while no flights, trains, trucks or buses are stranded for want of fuel and life continues as close to normal as possible through the troubled times.
“At a time when Kashmir valley is grappling with restrictions, curfews and lockdowns for past three months, Indian Oil team including our dealers and distributors in J&K State are working day and night to ensure fuel supplies against all odds to the summer capital,” commented B S Canth, Director (Marketing) while praising their efforts.
Canth said that since July 2016, the LPG distributor’s showrooms, retail outlets, tank trucks, pump attendants, delivery staff and delivery vehicles have been facing the wrath of protesters. Fuel retail outlets, tank trucks and delivery men are being pelted with stones leading to heavy damages.
He said the State Government stepped in and played a constructive role by giving compensation to the injured oil company employees, contract labour and tank-truck drivers/cleaners.
Also, to ensure their safety, a Standard Operating Procedure blueprint was drawn up for tank trucks traversing the Valley in close coordination with Government officials, Drivers and Cleaners Union and Tanker and Dealer Association, Canth added.
Despite the resistance from the separatist miscreants, Indian Oil’s operating locations as well as retail outlets have ensured that there was no scarcity of POL products which eased the lot of the curfew disturbed State.
To its credit, Indian Oil is well on schedule having completed till date, around 90% of the product movement despite the odds.
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