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    • Reuters Tags : oil strike, india, PSU oil companies, petrol shortage, fuel shortage, talks fail Posted: Friday , Jan 09, 2009 at 1146 hrs
    Petrol strike
    Up to 80% of pumps in large cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata have run out of stocks.

    State-run firms dominate India's energy sector, controlling almost the entire supply of transport fuels, natural gas and domestic crude oil.

    The president of the Oil Sector Officials Association, Amit Kumar, said Friday that the "talks are inconclusive but the action is on. The (Oil Minister) has said he will apprise the prime minister of our demands."

    About 30 per cent of gasoline stations in the capital, New Delhi, had run out of fuel, Petroleum Secretary R.S. Pandey said Thursday, while oil firms said there would be graver shortages if the strike continued.

    Pandey said about 100 fuel stations in Mumbai, the financial hub, were not functioning, while officials at Mumbai airport said dozens of flights were delayed due to the strike.

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    oil psu strikeBy: Anil Shinde | 10-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Strike by oil sector employees was forced on them by the MOP
    Time for privatizationBy: Murali | 09-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward The country is held to ransom by the striking officers of the Government owned oil companies. It's time to privitise these companies, so there is accountability. What's our honable minister and government doing regarding this?.
    STRIKE BY OIL OFFICERSBy: joseph | 09-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward We usually resort to the easiest route of blaming the politicians for all follies done by anybody in the country. The oil officers should be taken to task for holding the country to ransom. They are worse than the terrorists and hijackers as even they could not have unleashed so much of pain to the common man. The govt is handling the situation effectively by not giving in to their unreasonable demands. The oil officers even if they want a salary hike should know how to protest without affecting the common man.Shame on them.Is this all their love for our country.They need to take a leaf from the way the armed forces handled a similar pay hike issue.
    oil psu strikeBy: renuka | 11-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward all are become judges now without knowing fully the problem and otherrside of the coin
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