The State Level Coordinator, Oil Industry Jammu and Kashmir (OIJK) on Thursday reiterated that there is no shortage of Petroleum products across the Union Territory.

A statement issued by Anjani Kumar, State Level Coordinator, OIJK said, “This is to confirm that there is no shortage of Petroleum Products like Motor Spirit (MS), High Speed Diesel (HSD) in the entire Jammu & Kashmir”.

A heavy rush of vehicles was witnessed at oil pumps in Srinagar and other parts of the valley following rumours of shortage of product.

He said that all the three Public Sector Oil Companies Viz M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited , M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and M/s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited are having sufficient stocks at their respective depots to cater to the current routine demand of the J&K UT.

The statement also gave a detailed outline on the release of Supply of POL for the past four days at Zewan, Srinagar Depot of IOCL which is a testimony to the fact that higher supplies are being made from the Srinagar depot.

Giving details about the supply he said that on June 13, 14, 15h and 16, 348 KLs of petrol and 510 KL diesel, 325 KLs of petrol and 531 KLs of diesel, 499 KLs of petrol and 659 KLs of diesel and 493 KLs of petrol and 589 KLs of diesel were released from IOC, Zewan Depot of Srinagar respectively.
“It also advised the public not to panic buying and hoarding of product which could result in unnecessary crowding at the retail outlets and inconvenience to the needy buyers”, it reads.
UNI