Delhi Petrol Dealers Association on Tuesday joined the “No Purchase” “No Sale” call given by the Federation of All India Petroleum traders (FAIPT). In a press statement, the Delhi petrol pump dealers association said that they will observe the no purchase, no sale on June 16.

This strike is to protest against the move by public sector Oil Marketing Companies to change the price of fuel on a daily basis.

An official statement said, “The Oil Marketing Companies have jumped into this decision without checking the ground reality that the automation system installed at most of the pumps in Delhi is not supporting the automatic price change in the dispensing machines. Unless the price is pushed automatically through the automation system the petrol dealers are not ready to do it manually or fetch the price on a daily basis as being advised by the oil marketing companies. This manual intervention can lead to errors and delays in operation of the petrol pump.”

An association representative said that they have around 400 members in the capital.