Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 10: The Oil and LPG supply to Kashmir was resumed today via Leh-Srinagar National Highway while the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are also exploring alternate routes for ensuring petroleum supplies to the flood ravaged Valley.
This was informed by Dharmendra Singh, Manager Marketing Division of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited while talking to the Excelsior on telephone from New Delhi.
“The Oil Marketing Companies, which include Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, are making all-out efforts to restore normalcy in petroleum supplies in the flood-affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said adding that the bulk storage terminals of the OMCs at Jammu, Leh and Kargil have adequate stock of petroleum products and are operating normally while Srinagar area continues to be cut-off due to flooding and disruption in road connectivity.
“However, petroleum installations in Srinagar have adequate stock to release as and when road movement is restored while supply to other parts of the Valley is being made via Leh-Kargil-Srinagar National Highway ,” he explained.
According to Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Jammu DO, Indian Oil, Girish Ranjan, senior officials of the three OMCs, camping in Jammu and Srinagar, are carefully monitoring the situation and have worked out a common plan to ensure supplies of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene in the flood affected areas of Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi districts with the help and support from the State Government and district administration.
“Supplies are being maintained to all points en route to Rajouri, Poonch and Kishtwar where road connectivity has been restored while arrangements have been made to position loaded tank-trucks at key positions for quick resumption of supplies once the road connectivity to cut-off areas is restored,” he said adding that alternate routes are also being explored for reaching petroleum supplies from Leh and Kargil to Srinagar and beyond.
Informing that operations at the LPG bottling plants in Jammu and Leh are normal while the LPG plant in Pampore near Srinagar continues to be inundated by flood water, Mr Girish said that in the case of LPG too, regular supplies are being maintained to areas connected by road and there was no shortfall in bulk product at Jammu and Leh plants.
“Bulk LPG is being moved from Jalandhar and Loni to Jammu to meet the increased demand for LPG, if any,” he added.
Mr Girish further informed that refueling operation are also normal at Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Awantipur and Pulwama Airports while adequate stocks of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) are available at the Aviation Fuel Stations (AFSs) serving these airports.
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