Truck drivers' protest: THESE states, cities say they have adequate fuel stock — 'Don't panic buy'

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ALSO READ: Why there are long queues at petrol pumps in these cities? Drivers' protest against new hit-and-run law explained In a major relief, a few states said they have adequate fuel stocks. Here's what states said as "panic buying" triggered fears of a shortage of fuel at petrol pumps: A senior Punjab official said there was no need for the public to panic as adequate stock of petrol and diesel is available in the state.

His statement came after a high-level meeting of senior state and district officials on Tuesday. Sharing the details, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Home Secretary, Punjab, said against a daily consumption of about 4,100 KL of petrol, the stock of petrol at various petrol pumps across the state is about 22,600 KL and the same shall be replenished from time to time.

ALSO READ: Truck drivers protest: Chandigarh caps petrol, diesel sale as stir hits fuel supply; details here "Similarly, the state consumes about 10,000 KL of diesel daily and the stocks at the filling stations are currently more than 30,000 KL, and 90,000 KL is also available at various terminals," he was quoted by ANI as saying. He said all the terminals are connected through pipelines with the respective refineries and there's a constant flow of petroleum products to these terminals.

Commenting upon the media reports regarding the acute shortage of petrol and diesel in certain filling stations, the home secretary said that at any point in time, the stock is not uniformly positioned in all the filling stations. Meanwhile, Hoshiarpur District Collector Komal Mittal said the head of the Petrol Pumps Association confirmed to her that the truckers' strike would end soon.