Fuel Adulteration
Slur casts on marker tests:
Imphal, Dec 31: Without the requisite marker test for finding out adulteration in Petrol and Diesel, some of the oil pumps in Manipur have been allowed to sell the fuel after taking Rs 1000 each.
In spite of being an approved private company of the Government of India for conducting the marker test, the officials of the SGS India Private Limited who came to Imphal in June 2007 did not conduct the requisite test and instead charged Rs 1000 from three oil pumps for issuing certificate of clearance.
Disclosing this during a press conference at its Keishampat office here on Monday afternoon, UPF general secretary Oinam Bikramjit informed that the matter came to light after some of the personnel in these oil pumps brought the same to the notice of UPF.
Bikramjit said that the Government of India introduced the marker test in 2006 and the same was implemented all over the country by 2007 with the main objective of checking adulteration of petrol and diesel oil made available to the people through various oil pumps.
Accordingly, Md Nazrul Islam, an official of SGS India Private Limited came to Imphal to conduct the test in June 2007.
However, instead of conducting the test, the official had charged Rs 1000 each from three oil pumps for giving the clearance certificate, Bikramjit alleged.
Some of the officials of the said company are currently at Imphal and they have allegedly asked Rs 6000 each from every oil pumps for getting the clearance, he added.
He also appealed to all concerned for taking up taking up necessary action in this regard.
Source: The Sangai Express
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Imphal, Dec 31: Without the requisite marker test for finding out adulteration in Petrol and Diesel, some of the oil pumps in Manipur have been allowed to sell the fuel after taking Rs 1000 each.
In spite of being an approved private company of the Government of India for conducting the marker test, the officials of the SGS India Private Limited who came to Imphal in June 2007 did not conduct the requisite test and instead charged Rs 1000 from three oil pumps for issuing certificate of clearance.
Disclosing this during a press conference at its Keishampat office here on Monday afternoon, UPF general secretary Oinam Bikramjit informed that the matter came to light after some of the personnel in these oil pumps brought the same to the notice of UPF.
Bikramjit said that the Government of India introduced the marker test in 2006 and the same was implemented all over the country by 2007 with the main objective of checking adulteration of petrol and diesel oil made available to the people through various oil pumps.
Accordingly, Md Nazrul Islam, an official of SGS India Private Limited came to Imphal to conduct the test in June 2007.
However, instead of conducting the test, the official had charged Rs 1000 each from three oil pumps for giving the clearance certificate, Bikramjit alleged.
Some of the officials of the said company are currently at Imphal and they have allegedly asked Rs 6000 each from every oil pumps for getting the clearance, he added.
He also appealed to all concerned for taking up taking up necessary action in this regard.
Source: The Sangai Express
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