Around 54,000 petrol pumps to go on nation-wide strike on 13 October to seek fulfilment of pending demands

Mumbai: Around 54,000 petrol pumps all over India will go on a day long strike on 13 October in support of their long-pending demands, a petrol pump operators association official said here on Saturday.

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Federation Of Maharashtra Petrol Dealers Association (Fampeda) president Uday Lodh said that a decision on the issue was taken at the first joint meeting of United Petroleum Front (UPF), an umbrella organization of three nationwide organisations of all petrol dealers. [caption id=“attachment_4053713” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The demands include implementation of the pending agreement signed with oil marketing companies on 4 November, 2016, scrapping unfair penalties imposed under Marketing Discipline Guidelines, and approved but not given dealer margins. Besides, the UPF has expressed concern over the losses to both consumers and dealers over the daily changing prices of oil products and bringing petroleum products under GST, said Lodh. “As the first step, we shall stop buying and selling petrol/diesel at all the 54,000 pumps in the country on 13 October. If our demands are not accepted, then from 27 October, we will launch an indefinite nationwide strike,” Lodh said. Meanwhile, a petrol dealer said that the decision to combine the three top dealers’ association under an umbrella organisation UPF would result in better coordination and uniform action to fight for their common demands with the OMCs.