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CHENNAI: Even as long queues on Tuesday continued to greet those who went to Chennai’s bunks to get diesel or petrol, some sections have been able to manage the crisis. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board’s Superintending Engineer, who handles distribution in parts of the city and is required to travel 100 km a day, says the designated bunks, which had been providing diesel on credit, have suspended the arrangement. As a result, he can procure fuel from any bunk on payment of cash. Of course, the expenses will be reimbursed. More importantly, the present situation has reinforced the importance of energy conservation and pooling of vehicles. On Wednesday, several engineers of the Board have to attend a meeting at Tiruvallur. Instead of going there in individual vehicles, the engineers have decided to travel in a couple of vehicles, the EB official says. The Chennai region of Postal Department’s mail motor service has 100 vehicles. Each vehicle, on an average, covers 200 km. R. Anand, Director (Postal Services) says the department has a tanker, which procures the supply from the Indian Oil Corporation. “On Monday, we checked up the tanker. Our position is comfortable, as of now.” Describing the situation as tough, V. Maitreyan, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament and consultant medical oncologist, however, says he did not experience much problem. M.K. Sundaram, a prominent figure in the real estate industry and chairman of the southern centre of the Builders’ Association of India, has four cars for his use as well as his family’s. “Usually, I get the vehicles filled on Friday or Saturday. This is what I did this time too. So, personally speaking, I have not experienced any crisis. For my office’s vehicles, the bunk, which we depend on normally, has requested us to restrict our purchase to four or five litres in view of the current situation.” S. Subramanian, a senior executive in a leading software company and who travels 60 km a day, could not use his Wagon R as it had run out of the fuel. He had to rely on a private taxi to go to office. However, he says his organisation does not have any problem in transporting people from their places of residence to the work spot and dropping them back. In an organisation where the unscheduled absence of an employee causes a financial loss, “the dependence of a majority of employees on the office transportation has saved the day,” he adds.
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