Sylhet dealers threaten to receive petrol from BPC depot on Aug 1
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
The Association of Sylhet Division Petroleum Dealers and Agents has threatened to stop receiving petroleum products from the depots of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) from August 1 to press home their 4-point demand.The demands include immediate commissioning of Meghna Petroleum depot in Sylhet, resolving octane crisis, withdrawal of restriction on retail selling of diesel and petrol in plastic containers and reopening of a filling station which was sealed off on July 22. The threat came from an emergency meeting of the association held on Thursday with its President Mohsin Rashid in the chair. The meeting also called for immediate acceptance of the demands. The association leaders said work on Meghna Petroleum's regional depot began six years ago at Moglabazar area, but the authorities concerned are not sincere in finishing the work and commissioning the same for unknown reasons. Besides, the local administration sealed off the Shapla Filling Station on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway on July 22 without showing any reason, they alleged. Meanwhile, supply of octane from Chittagong remained suspended for last one week.
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