29 petrol stations to remain open in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 25

To ensure restricted fuel supply for emergency use of vehicles during the ongoing curfew, the district administration has allowed 29 petrol stations to remain open in the district so that people did not face any inconvenience. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said the Food and Civil Supplies Department had decided to open these outlets to fulfill emergency requirements.

The petrol stations that will remain open include Amar Highway Filling Station (Paragpur), Bal Indian Oil (Raipur), Jagat Fuels (Ladowali Road), Sutlej Filling (PAP Chowk), United Service Station (Lajpat Nagar), Sunshine Fuels (Shastri Nagar), Kunwar Petro World (Singa village, near Partappura), Kesar Service Centre (BMC Chowk), Shamsher Singh Sehgal and Sons (BMC Chowk), Kartar Petro Station (Old Railway Road), Khehra Filling Station (Rama Mandi), Satyam Filling Station (Near Lyallpur Khalsa College), MR Petroleum (Wariana village), HSD Fuel Point (Adampur), DK Petroleum (Bhogpur), Bolina Filling Station (Binpalke, Bhogpur), Gangsar Filling Point (Kartarpur-Kishangarh Road), Kartarpur Malwa Filling Station (GT Road, Kartarpur), Karam Petroleum (Goraya), Satparkash Amar Singh (Mahal, Goraya), New Sutlej Filling Station (Phillaur), Jindal Filling Station (Garha, Phillaur), Chander Petroleum (Apra), JK Filling Station (Mandi Road, Nurmahal), Jakhu Filling Station (Buri Pind, Nakodar-Mehatpur road), Mehat HP Filling Station (Malsian), RR Filling Station (Shahkot) and Rinku Filling Station (Lohian Khaas).

The Deputy Commissioner said these stations had been opened to facilitate the plying of emergency vehicles in the district. He said the remaining pumps would remain closed till further orders, adding that District Food and Supply Controller Narinder Singh was regularly monitoring the situation.

Medical shop owners let off after warning

Jalandhar: Taking strict action against grocery store owners and chemists in the city for opening their shops, the police here today summoned all violators. In one such incident, the Police Division 4 detained owners of Imperial Medical Store and asked them to present a show-cause notice stating why their store was open. The SHO of the Police Division 4 said the offenders were released after giving a strict warning by ACP (Central) Harsimrat Singh. The SHO said no grocery or medical store could be open without the permission of the district administration. TNS