The petrol pump dealers across Punjab observed a 30-minute strike on Sunday as a mark of tribute to their fellow businessman GS Chawla, who had committed suicide at a hotel in Panchkula on July 22.
A Mohali-based fuel pump owner Chawla had allegedly succumbed to the pressure of loss of volume due to disparity in fuel prices in Punjab and its neighbouring states and huge revenue loss by low sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fuel pump owners in Punjab on Sunday said that they will keep their petrol pumps shut on July 29 in protest against the high rate of taxes on petrol and diesel that is adversely affecting their business.
