The farmers’ Protests in Punjab over the discriminative and controversial farm laws bills has set alarm bells ringing in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh as fuel stocks start depleting at various filling stations in the area bordering Pakistan and China.
The times of India quoted the president of the Jammu Kashmir Petroleum Dealers’ Association, Anan Sharma saying “not even a single wagon has arrived at Jammu since October 1 from Punjab due to farmers’ stir.”
“Farmers have blocked rail tracks there and until the blockade is lifted, normal supplies cannot be restored in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh” he added.
The Jammu depot at Jammu railway station has stopped supplying fuel to filling stations in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The report further read that 250 oil tankers were dispatched to Jalandhar and Bhatinda on Thursday for bringing fuel while as forty-five tankers returned with stocks, but they are also not bringing back full load because distributors in Punjab have to cater to all.
Sharma has said that the fuel stations are running short of supplies and the situation can turn critical, if the rail blockade is not lifted and if J&K government doesn’t take up the matter with the Punjab government.