The Times of India            28.12.2013 

Cuttack Municipal Corporation's petrol pump renovated

CUTTACK: The lone fuel station owned by Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), which was in a shamble till a few months ago, has been renovated at a cost of Rs 1.22 crore.

The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has developed the infrastructure at the petrol pump and made it more consumer-friendly.

As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, IOCL has spent over Rs 1.22 crore on the filling station and equipped it with toilets, ATM counter, snack centre, rest room. Even the filling machines have been repaired.

"The Kathajodi filling station established in the 70s by CMC was in a very bad shape and required urgent repairs. Thankfully, it has been renovated as customers were facing lots of problems," said a senior officer of the CMC.

"The filling station has got a complete makeover and turned more attractive. Now, we will be able to provide better services to consumers," said commissioner of CMC Pratap Das.

It will be inaugurated by chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday.

The civic body earns atleast Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh a month from this petrol pump located at Ganesh Ghat. "Our profits will increase as the new facilities like ATM and snack centre will definitely attract more customers to it," added Das.

CMC officials stated that on special request IOCL authorities renovated the the petrol pump. "Since inception we have been procuring fuel for the filling station from IOCL. Looking at its dilapidated condition, we had requested the IOCL authorities to renovate it and they extended full support to us," said mayor of Cuttack Saumendra Ghose.