Oil cos to conduct awareness camps

Kolkata: The oil marketing companies (OMCs) will carry out awareness camps for both the dealers and motorists about effective handling of ethanol blending petrol (EBP). “We have already trained the dealers on how to handle the EBP without allowing water particles to invade the storage tanks. We will display the handling procedures at each of the retail outlets,” said an IOC spokesperson. Besides, OMCs will also undertake awareness camps for customers.

At a tripartite meeting among the OMCs, petroleum dealers and the state government on Wednesday tried to find a solution to the contentious issue of accumulation of water in the storage tanks of the retail outlets and also in the fuel tanks of the vehicles. The meeting was presided over by the transport minister Firhad Hakim.