CM Jayalalitha's Initiative on petrol crisis

Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said the acute shortage of petrol and diesel will end by Wednesday  morning as urgent steps are being taken to supply the fuel to petrol bunks.

In a statement , Jayalalitha said: "The  Chennai requires  2,100 kilo litres (KL) of petrol and 2,500 KL of diesel per day for daily consumption ."

The 67,000 KL of fuel brought by the oil companies through ships will be distributed to the retail outlets immediately so that the fuel shortage in the city comes to an end by Wednesday  morning , she added.However, during the day several oil outlets remained closed for want of supplies and some had long queues. The oil tankers arrived at Chennai port Tuesday afternoon.It will be distributed to outlets by Tuesday night.

Jayalalithaa also said 2,000 KL of diesel will be brought by road from Bangalore by the oil marketing companies. According to Jayalalithaa, the sudden fuel shortage was due to the closure of Mangalore Refinaries and Petrochemicals unit for 10 days and the non-receipt of fuel by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd .

Appreciating the Jayalalitha’s  government effort  to solve the problem, M. Kannan, president of the Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association, told IANS: "It was due to the state government's effort the issue has been sorted out soon." He said some supplies have come Tuesday and the situation is somewhat better.

Meanwhile V.K. Jaychandran, executive director at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd  and the state-level coordinator for oil industry , Tamil Nadu and Puducherry,said  few more tankers with HSD ,Motor spirit  came to Chennai port and waiting for berth place .Once the berth place is allocated .Fuel will be discharged .

Hope petrol crisis comes to an end by Wednesday  morning .