Anna Nagar Depot Buses Tank Up At A Retail Bunk

Metropolitan Transport Corporations buses belonging to Anna Nagar depot are now using a retail fuel station at Thirumangalam. The bunk attendants were busy ensuring buses made their way safely in and out of the petrol bunk. 

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses queued up near Welcome Colony to get diesel. The hike of nearly Rs. 11 per litre of diesel has forced the State government to send its buses to retail fuel stations where diesel is still sold at the subsidized rate of Rs. 50.68. 

This comes in the wake of the Centre’s decision last week to introduce dual pricing for diesel under which bulk consumers such as state transport corporations would not be supplied subsidized fuel. As a corollary, MTC would have to purchase diesel at nearly Rs. 60 per liter, whereas 55 liters of diesel cost about Rs.2700 in a retail outlet.