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Rationing of diesel in Davangere

DAVANGERE: The Davangere district administration has decided to distribute diesel on a quota basis to trucks, tractors and to other vehicles. Vehicle owners will have to show the RC (Certificate of Registration) book while getting their quota of diesel. This regulation of distribution is in the wake of the shortage of diesel in Davangere.

At a special meeting held by the Deputy Director of Food and Civil Supplies C. Munikrishnappa here on Tuesday, it was decided to instruct the vehicle owners to affix a white paper on the back of the RC book and get it attested by the Tahasildar office.

When the vehicle owners avail their quota of diesel, the staff at the petrol outlet will put a seal on the paper stating that they have availed their quota for that day.

This is to ensure that they will not stake claim for diesel in different outlets on the same day. The meeting which was attended by private bus owners’ association and lorry owners’ association also decided on how much diesel was to be given to different vehicles.

Goods vehicles (trucks), private buses and contract carriages and tippers have been allotted 80 litres of diesel a day while all India tourist omnibuses have been allotted 100 litres of diesel a day.

Tractor trailers, motorcabs, maxicabs, omnibuses have been allotted 30 litres a day while power tiller trailers, station wagons and delivery vans will get 20 litres of diesel a day. Borewell trucks have been allotted 400 litres a day while earthmovers and other heavy vehicles have been allotted 40 litres of diesel a day.

However, there is no restriction or quota of diesel for ambulances, fire engines and water tankers and milk tankers. Similarly there is no restriction for police vehicles and government vehicles.

Three-wheeler goods autos have been allotted 10 litres of diesel and choultries and other establishments which are in need of diesel for power generation may get a “reasonable quantity” of diesel every day on producing trade license.

Meanwhile, the district administration also decided to give diesel to outside vehicles without demanding the RC book. This is to help tourists and the travelling public.

Earlier, the lorry owners’ association led by its president Vali Babu and bus owners’ association led by N.M.J.B. Aradya urged the authorities to direct the outlet owners to give diesel to those who had the RC books.

They alleged that many anti-social elements were making use of the situation by stocking diesel and selling it in the black market. Hence, they pleaded with the authorities to direct the petrol outlet owners not to give diesel to those who brought cans.

However, the RTO pointed out that many drivers were not in a position to bring their vehicles to the bunks because they did not have fuel. Farmers will not bring their tractors to the outlets either. They had a practice of taking the diesel in cans, he pointed out and said that it was difficult to insist on people bringing their vehicles to the outlets. He suggested that insisting that the RC book be produced before buying the diesel would be ideal.

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