Kolkata: At a price of one liter of gasoline inched towards the 100-rupee sign, the fuel station in the entire city is looking for a new electronic display panel that holds five digits, which without the maximum price that can be correctly indicated is Rs 99.99.
The last time the change was needed again in October 1990, when the fuel price was first violated one digit to Rs 12.23 after the rise of Rs 2.39.
In Kolkata, the price of one liter of high octane gasoline has pushed beyond the 100-rupee sign, even because routine varieties are regulated to follow every day now.
Because most of the fuel pumps in the city still have a display panel (don’t be confused by the expenditure panel, which can display more digits), they turn it off or use the graph of old school handwriting prices.
Sumit Sharma, a HP gas station manager in Behala, said no one could expect fuel prices to pass the three-digit sign so early.
“We pay attention to trends in the state and other cities and have requested a set of new display boards from the company, but have not received them.
Therefore, for now, we keep a display board turned off to avoid confusion.” In some gas stations In North and South Kolkata, several operators continue to use old-screen boards.
While the board displays the correct price for gasoline and diesel, they show “00.00” for high octane gasoline because they cannot show more than two digits before the decimal point.
“We will replace the board after the new arrived.
But, for now, we take care of the old one,” said O P Mishra, a gas station manager at Maniktala.
To avoid confusion, operators like supratical Dey pumps in Faripukur, return to handwriting boards.
On July 2, the price of gasoline crossed a 100-rupee sign in Bengal for the first time in several places in North Bengal.
On Sunday, the sign was violated in several other districts, such as Nadia.
In Kolkata, the price is Rs 99.65.
Before Bengal, the price of gasoline has violated the 100-rupee sign in Punjab, Maharashtra, Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Petroleum experts say gasoline prices in the city will also touch the three-digit signs have the state government not to reduce tax on fuel by returning this year.
Taxes in oil products include customs, customs, Cess and sales tax.
Senior Oil Company officials said they were aware of the problem and “steps needed” were taken to replace the digital panel.
“We have increased most dispenser engines.
Digital boards exist only to display fuel prices.
Even they are in the process of being changed soon,” said a senior HPCL official.
A source at IOCL also said they were in the process of changing the panel.
He said the company had taken “2 + 2 approaches” (two digits before and two after decimal) while building the panel, because no one thought the price would be very short.
“But the company will make the necessary changes,” he said.