Water being pumped out from fuel tanks at the Chawla petrol station near Balongi.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
Kharar, September 22
Employees of Chawla petrol station at Balongi inadvertently filled water in
fuel tanks of 14 of its customers this morning.
Realising the mistake, the petrol station authorities compensated the customers by returning the amount incurred on buying fuel and for the damaged caused to machinery.
The incident took place at around 7 am when some two-wheeler drivers came to get the fuel tanks filled. After buying the fuel, their vehicles stopped within 50 metres from the petrol station.
They then approached the petrol station authorities, who looked into the matter and found that rainwater had seeped into the fuel tanks.
The owner of the petrol station, Hamreet Chawla, said due to the “ongoing construction work and rainwater seepage, water had collected in the fuel tanks, thereby leading to the problem”.
