"War room was set up to ensure affected people reach their destinations": Hardeep Puri lauds Indian Oil for support during calamities

New Delhi [India], September 1 : On the 65th establishment day of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri lauded the company for its role and said that a war room was set up by the Petroleum Ministry to ensure that affected people reached their destinations affected by floods, rains, and landslides in Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Kerala
On the 65th establishment day of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri lauded the company for its role in protecting Indian citizens from global fuel price hikes over the past three years.
"Pehle Indian, Phir Oil! As the Indian Oil and Gas family celebrates the 65th Indian Oil Foundation day, I wish to highlight an often ignored facet of our energy journey and the silent contributions of our energy soldiers in ensuring that India always keeps ticking, never short of petrol, diesel, never short of gas cylinders, come cyclones, storms, landslides, or floods," Puri posted on X.
He further mentioned that in the last one year, floods in Assam, unprecedented rains, and subsequent landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Kerala, different parts of our country have unfortunately been hit by natural calamities.
"While the brave personnel of NDRF HQ, SDRF, supported by other local and central forces worked round the clock to ensure relief and rescue, not many people notice the work in the background that our oil companies do on a war footing like Good Corporate Citizens to ensure all possible support. ATF supplies were rushed to the forward helipads from places as far as Dehradun, Saraswa and Mohali as stranded locals and tourists had to be rescued and evacuated from hilly areas of Uttarakhand by air due to landslides on the roads," he added.
Puri said that a 24*7 war room was set up by the Petroleum Ministry staffed by senior officials and our oil marketing companies led by Indian Oil to ensure that affected people reached their destinations as quickly as possible.
"Operations to rescue the stranded was done in a mission mode to ensure that the whole of government approach enunciated by PM Narendra Modi Ji, came alive at a time of concern for all of us," he said.
Earlier in the day, Puri also minister also thanked the employees of Indian Oil for their contribution and also wished the organisation continued success in its journey.
According to the company, it processes over 1.6 million barrels of crude oil and serves over three crore Indians through an expansive network of more than 61 thousand customer touchpoints, including more than 37 thousand fuel stations. It delivers more than 26 lakh LPG cylinders daily, even to the remotest corners of India, and fuels over 2,300 flights, with more than half of the flights in Indian skies being refuelled by Indian Oil.