The Hindu : IOC depots to have `tank-truck security system'

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Sunday, Mar 10, 2002

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IOC depots to have `tank-truck security system'

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI MARCH 9 . The Indian Oil Corporation would soon introduce ``tank-truck security system'' in its depots to check pilferage of petrol and diesel during transportation to retail outlets, according to the General Manager, IOC, Tamil Nadu, A. M. Nanjundan.

The system is in vogue at the Korukkupet depot in Chennai and Irugur in Coimbatore and would be extended to five more depots by December, he said, in an informal chat with mediapersons, after participating in the inauguration of the system at the IOC depot here today.

Under the system, special imported locks would be provided on the trucks carrying petroleum products from the depot to retail outlets, replacing numbered plastic seals. The lock keys would be with the dealers. The foolproof system would help protect quality and quantity of the products, Mr. Nanjundan said.

The Tiruchi depot would be shifted to Vazhavanthankottai on a 65-acre space after the hennai-Madurai oil pipeline is layed.

Earlier, the tank-truck security system was inaugurated at the Tiruchi IOC depot by the Divisional Commercial Manager of the Southern Railway, Tiruchi, A. P. Muthuramalingam.

The General Manager (Marketing Operations), IOC, Southern Region, C. Ramachandran, the president of the Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association, L. Gnanaraj, spoke.

Oil conservation

Speakers at an Action Group Meet, organised by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association and the IOC later in the day, stressed the need for conserving oil in view of the rapid depletion of natural resources and a drain on foreign exchange.

The District Collector, K. Manivasan, observed that there was enormous scope for conservation in the industrial and transport sectors by adopting appropriate energy and cost-efficient technology. Since the two sectors were also the major pollutants, there was a need for bringing about an awareness among the stake-holders towards conservation, he said.

Mr. Ramachandran said over 20 per cent of the fuel used by the industrial sector could be conserved if a systematic approach was adopted. The Regional Coordinator of PCRA, V.J.Chandrasekaran, and others participated.

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