The district administration has dismissed rumours of fuel shortage in Thiruvananthapuram city. Rumours of a possible fuel shortage due to non-arrival of stock from Kochi had led motorists to queue up at pumps in the city from Thursday evening. Some fuel stations in the city ran out of stock by Friday afternoon due to the spike in demand.
According to the Additional District Magistrate V.R.Vinod, the petroleum companies have informed the district administration that stocks will be replenished on Saturday morning.
District Collector K.Vasuki has also instructed pump owners to give priority to the large number of Government and private vehicles which are involved in relief work. Each pump should have reserve stock of 3000 litres of diesel and 1000 litres of petrol.
