New Delhi, April 12
Around 32,000 petrol pump dealers across the country have decided to call off their 24-hour proposed strike from midnight tonight after Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora assured them that he would look at their demands sympathetically.

The Federation of All India Petroleum Traders had called the nationwide strike demanding hike in dealer commission on petrol sale and fines on evaporation losses be done away with. “Petrol pump dealers are part of our family and I guarantee that all of their genuine problems will be solved”, Deora told reporters.

FAIPT president Ashok K Badhwar said “we are calling off the April 13 strike since the minister has agreed to consider giving us an interim increase in fuel commission next month.”