Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has decided to sack 64 striking executives. This was stated by the petroleum secretary R S Pandey on Thursday. Over 55,000 oil PSU officers from 14 oil companies -- under the umbrella of the Oil Sector Officers Association (OSOA) -- began their indefinite strike on Wednesday demanding higher wages.
Fuel supplies in many parts of the country were affected on the second day of the indefinite strike by oil PSU executives that also resulted in refineries running below capacity and impacted oil and gas production.
Talks with Oil Sector Officers Association, the umbrella body of 14 state-run companies, failed even as reports from several parts of the country said petrol pumps were running dry and aviation refuelling operations were getting delayed because of the absence of officers.
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