Gujarat fuel pump owners threaten to stop sale and purchases from August 12

Petrol, diesel consumers to be unfazed but CNG to be hit for an hour every Thursday

Fuel pump owners in Gujarat have threatened to stop sale of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for an hour on each Thursday from August 12. The dealers will also stop buying petrol and diesel from oil companies every Thursday. These threats are because the government has not revised dealer margins on Petrol, Diesel, and CNG since 2017.

According to a letter by the Federation of Gujarat Petroleum Dealer’s Association (FGPDA), “All the dealers of Gujarat have unanimously passed a resolution to go for ‘no purchase of MS-HSD’ (petrol and diesel) on every Thursday and ‘no sale of CNG for one hour’ from