PETROL PUMPS IN INDIAN CAPITAL GO ON STRIKE, UPSET COMMUTERS
By ANIMonday, May 24, 2010
NATURAL WITH HINDI SPEECH
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SOURCE: ANI
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Petrol pumps in Indian capital go on strike, upset commuters.
Petrol filling stations in New Delhi go on strike to protest the hike in Value Added Tax on diesel that has made the fuel costlier in the national capital compared to the neighbouring states.
SHOWS:
NEW DELHI, INDIA (MAY 24, 2010) (ANI-ACCESS ALL)
1. WIDE OF PETROL PUMP WITHOUT CUSTOMERS OR ATTENDANTS
2. CLOSE OF THE PETROL PUMP
3. SIGNBOARD OF HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM
4. A VAN AT PETROL PUMP WITHOUT ATTENDANTS
5. EMPTY FILLING STATIONS
6. CLOSE OF EMPTY FILLING STATIONS
7. CLOSE OF DIGITAL METER AT FILLING STATION
8. BANNER READING, ‘MONDAY CLOSED’
9. MORE OF THE BANNER
10. WORKERS AT THE PETROL PUMP
11. CLOSE OF THE WORKERS AT THE PETROL PUMP
12. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RAJNEESH MISHRA, A COMMUTER, SAYING: “Monday is the opening day of the week…everybody rests on Saturdays and Sundays. On Monday, everybody goes to work. We get the maximum rush on Mondays…we as a public are facing a lot of problems.”
13. WIDE OF PETROL PUMP WITHOUT ATTENDANTS
14. SIGNBOARD OF BHARAT PETROLEUM
15. BANNER AND WIDE OF THE EMPTY PETROL PUMP
16. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MIYAN, A COMMUTER, SAYING: “How do we go to office? The government has failed everywhere…price rise, petrol pump strikes…what do we do?”
16. PETROL PUMPS WITHOUT ATTENDANTS
17. SIGNBOARD OF INDIAN OIL
18. CARS GETTING PETROL
19. CLOSE OF THE CAR GETTING PETROL FILLED
20. MORE OF CARS GETTING PETROL FILLED
21. MOTORBIKES GETTING PETROL FILLED
STORY: Petrol filling stations in New Delhi have gone on a strike Monday (May 24) to protest the hike in Value Added Tax on diesel that has made the fuel costlier in the national capital as compared to the neighbouring states.
Commuters are facing the brunt of the strike called by petrol station owners to protest the hike from the current 12.5 percent to 20 percent.
The pumps will remain shut on every Monday beginning from May 24.
“Monday is the opening day of the week…everybody rests on Saturdays and Sundays. On Monday, everybody goes to work. We get the maximum rush on Mondays…we as a public are facing a lot of problems,” said Rajneesh Mishra, a commuter.
Petrol station attendants were sitting and chatting with each other, whereas commuters were facing the problems due to the strike.
Locals in the capital are angry about the strike, as they are unable to commute due to unavailability of fuel.
“How do we go to office? The government has failed everywhere…price rise, petrol pump strikes…what do we do?” said Miyan, a commuter.
A few petrol pumps were open, leading to large queues of vehicles getting formed.
The petrol pump owners are pushing for a hike in commission on sale of petrol and diesel. They are also demanding uniform pricing of petroleum all over the country and quality checking of equipment at petrol pumps to enable monitoring of the quality of products delivered by oil companies at the pumps. Petrol pump owners have threatened to intensify the stir if all the demands are not met.
