Mokokchung, April 25 (MTNews): Following the report of a case of suspected fuel meter tampering at a filling station in Mokokchung, the district administration on Monday conducted a surprise checking of all the fuel stations in the town. The District Administration’s investigating team conducted the surprise check led by Vitolu Chichi EAC (Judicial), Mokokchung.
The team carried out an inspection drive in all the fuel stations within Mokokchung municipal area and Ungma village. The team checked and verified the fuel dispensing machine measurement standards as per the relevant section of Indian Petroleum Rule 1976 in all the fuel stations and also collected the quality samples which will be sent for further laboratory testing, an update said.
The team also inspected the basic amenities in the stations like clean drinking water, clean toilet facilities with running water, fire extinguisher, fuel dispensing machine seals and free air.
The team sealed one dispensing machine at ESSAR fuel station at Artang Ward for not dispensing the standard measurement of fuel. However, the update said that the team rectified the reason and found that it was not done by the “human tampering in the machine but due to the leakage loss in the machine dispensing system.” The investigating team leader directed the manager of the station not to dispense any fuel to the costumers by the defective pump machine till the machine is repaired.
The investigating team included Inspector, Legal metrology & Consumer Protection Department, Mokokchung; OC PS-1 Mokokchung; OC PS -2 Mokokchung and chairman of Sungkomen, Aongza, Mongsenbai and Yimyu wards and village council Ungma.
CNTC demands probe into fuel adulteration racket
Meanwhile, the Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has demanded a “full detailed probe on the fuel adulteration racket” exposed by the Rising People’s Party (RPP) at Ghorapatti, Dimapur on the night of 21st April ,2022. It has also demanded that state government immediately arrest “all those involved in it and give them a befitting punishment.”
The CNTC said that, as a responsible civil society organization, it cannot remain a mere mute spectator “when such a blatant illegal activity is going on right under the nose of the state agencies.” It further added, “This is a crime perpetrated on the whole Naga people and such a heinous act upon the Naga public which cannot be merely brushed under the carpet by the state government. No manipulation on the forensic report should be allowed.”
The CNTC stated that it is the moral obligation of the state government to check such illicit activity and added that “inability to check a scam of such gigantic proportion is complete letdown of trust by the people of the state.” The CNTC said that it demands a detailed inquiry report be made public at the earliest.