Petrol Bunks To Be Closed After 6pm In AP

Amaravati: The motorists in Andhra Pradesh will get no petrol as the bunks will be operating from 6am to 6pm starting May 15. The AP Federation of Petroleum Traders president Ravi Gopalakrishna at a meeting in Vijayawada on Tuesday said that the decision would be implemented from May 15. After a decision to close petrol pumps on Sundays, now they decided to run only for 12 hours on week days.

The petrol bunk dealers and oil companies have failed to come to an agreement over various issues, the federation decided to reduce the hours saying they are unable to bear the maintenance cost.

After a decision to close petrol pumps on Sundays, now they decided to run only for 12 hours on week days

Gopalakrishna said that petrol and diesel purchases will be withheld from all oil companies on May 10 in all eight states including southern states. The Centre’s decision to keep fuel outlets shut on Sundays from May 14 would be implemented, he said.

A. Krishna, a petrol bunk dealer said that maintaining a petrol bunk is a difficult task. “We need a margin of Rs3.33 on petrol and Rs2.30 on diesel. We are now getting only Rs2.59 on petrol and Rs1.63 on diesel from the oil companies.”