Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh April 26 With the allocated fuel being already consumed the water wastage inspection drive of the local Municipal Corporation has got disrupted. Field officials get a total of 160 litre fuel per month for their vehicles. However due to morning inspections from 6 am to 9 am which is in addition to their regular duty the officials claim to have already reached the sanctioned limit. The morning drive is carried from April 1 to June 30 to check the wastage of water. “My driver has not come for work with my official vehicle after Wednesday. When I called him he reasoned there is no fuel left in the vehicle so he cannot come for work. Thus I could not go for the inspection” said an official requesting anonymity. “For the last few days drivers who are outsourced are getting salaries for sitting at home. Not only the morning drive even our routine work has also got affected in the absence of vehicles” said the official. When contacted a senior official of the MCs transport wing claimed “Water wastage inspection has not stopped. There was an issue related to fuel a few days ago following which the limit was enhanced to 200 litre from the existing 160 litre per vehicle.” Sources though claimed that the order regarding the enhancement of fuel limit came late affecting the routine work. MC vehicles fill fuel at the corporation-run Sector 51 and Industrial Area filling stations. The petrol is filled through a chip which does not work after a specified fuel capacity. Different officials have different limits. “Earlier there used to be 200 litre per month fuel limit for officials doing office work while those in field used to get 250 litres. But the limit was reduced” said a source.

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