The petrol pump strike in components of Assam, scheduled to start on Saturday morning, was deferred, a frontrunner of their affiliation stated. The North East India Petroleum Sellers’ Affiliation (Higher Guwahati Unit) had referred to as for ‘no buy no sale’ from 5 am on Saturday until 5 am on Monday over a number of calls for.
Amongst their calls for was the revision of the sellers’ fee, which has been pending since 2017.
“Following the intervention of the federal government, we’ve determined to defer the strike. Within the meantime, we’ll maintain additional talks with the oil corporations on resolving our points,” the chief stated.
The announcement got here hours after the state authorities introduced petroleum sellers and retailers below the Important Companies Upkeep (Assam) Act or ESMA, which prohibits strikes.