The Uttar Pradesh Petroleum Traders Association (UPPTA) on Wednesday asked the state government to provide a relief to businesses involved in distribution of essential commodities from recent power tariff hike.
In a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and state Principal Secretary Energy, UPPTA President B N Shukla said petrol pumps distribute essential commodity among the people, therefore their profit/commission was very low almost one per cent. In such a situation the petrol dealers were worried with hike in power tariff, he said.
Shukla has requested the Chief Minister that decision to hike power tariff on business involved in distribution of essential commodities should be suspended. "Otherwise all the petrol pumps in the state will be forced to close down in the evening after sunset," he said. The president said that in such a situation dealers would not be responsible for inconvenience caused to the public.
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