VADODARA: The opposition
Congress in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) had demanded that
the civic body should take a decision regarding its policy for future
procurement of diesel. The civic body presently purchases diesel in bulk
and supplies it from its vehicle pool to various machines and vehicles
of the civic body.

Former opposition leader and VMC councillor
Chirag Zaveri wrote a letter to the municipal commissioner Ashwini Kumar
stating that the civic body’s elected wing had not been able to take a
decision on the issue despite prices going up since over a month now.
Zaveri added that the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation had already started procuring diesel from private fuel stations to save the money.

Zaveri stated that the bulk diesel was costlier by Rs 12. He added that
the civic body used 2,840 to 3,000 litre diesel every day. Zaveri
pointed out that the civic body was in a position to save Rs 40,000
every day if it took a prompt decision.

Zaveri had earlier
raised the issue in the budget meet of the general board. He said that
on the one hand the civic body was burdening the common man with taxes
and, at the other end, taking decisions that were leading to unnecessary
financial losses.