As officials stepped up efforts to contain Covid-19 by getting more number of peronnel on ground, the government on Tuesday issued an advisory to fuel stations to reserve petrol and diesel for emergency vehicles.
The Food and Civil Supplies Department has written to the state-level coordinator for oil retailers to ensure that bunks reserve 2,000 litres of petrol and 4,000 litres of diesel for government essential
services.
A dealer from Yashwantpur said many tanker drivers were not coming to work due to the fear of contracting Covid -19, he added, a few petrol pumps may limit their service to emergency and essential service vehicles in the coming days.
