UT admn allots two new petrol pumps to CITCO

CHANDIGARH: The administration has allotted two more petrol pumps to Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) near poultry farm at Hallomajra and in the Industrial Area, Phase 3.

CITCO is facing huge losses with no source of revenue amid the Covid-19 lockdown, sources said. The new filling stations will be run by CITCO in tandem with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and their construction has almost been completed. The inauguration is scheduled for June 1.

CITCO chief general manager Rakesh Kumar Popli said: “CITCO needed a new source of income amid the Covid-19 lockdown. We are hopeful commercial operations will start by the end of May.” HTC