Odisha
June 21, 2022

There has been a severe scarcity of petrol in Western Odisha. The Reliance has stopped supplying petrol and diesel to the western part of the State. As per the reports, petrol and diesel supplies have been cut off to Jharsuguda. Many domestic petrol pumps of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) now have an out-of-stock board hanging. The situation is similar in Bargarh, Balangir, and Nuapada.
The pipeline connecting Indian Oil Corporation to Jharsuguda has not been working for the past few weeks and is supplying oil from Paradip by tanker. As a result, there is a problem with oil transportation.
Notably, there are two fuel filling pumps in Sorada of Ganjam. However, both have been shut down. Of the two stations, Hindustan Petroleum’s fuel filling station was forced to close as it failed to produce required documents while the second station run by Essar was forced to shut down as the station didn’t get fuel supply.