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COVID VACCINATION 3 IS STARTEDOF SPEED SPRADER INDIAN, EUROPEAN 6 REFINERS TO PROCURE IRANIAN OIL VOICE OF INDIA VOL. 6 S ISSUE - 10 S MONDAY 31ST MAY 2021 S MONTHLY NEWS PAPER S RS. 10/- S KOLKATA DEALERS' ASSOCIATION IS ON šå>¹àÚ [>¹}Aå¡Å MOVE FOR HEALTH SECURITY & COMMISSION INCREASE Î}J¸àK[¹Ë¡t¡àÚ Correspondent: The whole country t¡õo³èº ιA¡à¹ is under threat due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Every day not only in West Bengal but also throughout the country thousands of people are losing their lives due to this pandemic. In this situation, the pump owners in cooperation with their employees have maintained their services uninterruptedly to the consumers round the clock. As front fuelling them. So they are becoming runners every day they have to come prone to the covid disease in contact with ambulance and hearse mercilessly. On this issue, Shri (dead body carrier) vehicles while Prasenjit Sen, Joint Secretary of the West Bengal Petroleum Dealers' Association, said that the Association [>\Ѭšø[t¡[>[‹ @ šå>¹àÚ tõ¡t¡ãÚ ¤àì¹¹ \>¸ ιA¡à¹ have started dialogues with the new Government for vaccination of all the Kk¡> A¡¹ìº> ³³t¡à ¤ì–ƒ¸àšà‹¸àÚ¡ú pump operators and their employees 2021 Îà캹 &Òü [¤šåº \ìÚ¹ \>¸ *ìÚÊ¡ ë¤Uº all over the state. He said pump owners provide their services round ëšìi¡öà[ºÚà³ [l¡ºà΢ &¹ t¡¹ó¡ ë=ìA¡ "[®¡>–ƒ> the clock without any break or `¡àš> A¡¹à ÒÚ¡ú interruption. But the OMCs does not think seriously on the welfare issues tõ¡t¡ãÚ¤àì¹¹ ιA¡à¹ Kk¡ì> [t¡[> ë¤Å [A¡áå ƒó¡t¡ì¹ of the operators. Not less than 25-30 š[¹¤t¢¡> &ì>ìá> ιA¡à[¹ A¡àì\ "à¹* ‰ç¡t¡t¡à persons, including family members, "à>ìt¡ [t¡[> tò¡à¹ K[k¡t¡ ³”|ãή¡àÚ "ì>A¡ ëÛ¡ìyÒü are connected with each and every pump and their health security is a šèo¢³”|ã¹ ÎìU ÎàÒà외¹ \>¸ šø[t¡³”|ã [>ìÚàK serious concern with the advent of A¡ì¹ìá>¡ú Cont.to : 5 ILLEGAL CERTIFICATION OF MOBILE FUEL DISPENSING UNIT Correspondent: The General Secretary, North Bengal Petroleum Dealers' Association had forwarded a written communication to the Deputy Controller of Legal Metrology, North Bengal regarding cancellation of the illegal approval / certification issued to several Mobile Fuel Dispensing Units under the jurisdiction of the said authority. Not finding any step further BA-98, BIDHANNAGAR, KOLKATA-700 064 from the Authority, the Association OPPOSITE B.A. COMMUNITY HALL again made a request for cancellation of all illegal approval / certification resulted in larger movement against which have already been issues for the such illegal activities by a group of purpose, failure of which may be opportunists. 2 VOCAL RIGHT, Kolkata, Vol-6, Issue-10, Monday 31st May 2021 EDITOR'S DRONE FLIGHTS FOR VACCINE DELIVERY experimental beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights for COLUMN delivery of vaccines. Exemption has been granted from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules 2021. History is repeating itself every year. With This exemption shall be subject to Covid 19 again ravaging through the country complete adherence to the with bigger intensity than last year, another conditions and the directions / cyclone called Yaas is getting ready to hit exemptions issued by the MoCA. This exemption shall be valid for a Bengal and Orissa this month like Amphan did period of one year from the date of at 2020. This nature's fury is nothing but the PIB.: Keeping an eye to enhance approval of the SOP or until further fruits of man's greed to exploit natural the scope of drone usage in the orders, whichever is earlier. This resources indiscriminately. And if evolution of country and assist the nation to has been implemented by the Government to achieve the dual mankind is any indicator then we do not have fight COVID-19 pandemic, the Union Government has provided objectives of faster vaccine much hope as man's greed has only amplified conditional exemption for delivery and improved healthcare throughout the millennia. experimental drone flights for access by ensuring primary healthcare delivery at the citizen's WBPDA is gearing up for a movement to vaccine delivery. The Ministry of Civil Aviation & Directorate doorstep, limiting human exposure ensure health cover and vaccination for all its General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to COVID congested or COVID RO employees. Along with hospital staff many have granted conditional prone areas through aerial other sectors have remained open in the exemption to the Govt. of delivery, ensuring access to health Telengana for conducting care to the last mile, especially in service of the society like RO staff and remote areas. employees. They have ensured availability of petroleum products risking their lives INDIAN OIL-PHINERGY JV FOR throughout the pandemic. Innumerable employees have been affected by Covid 19 ALUMINIUM-AIR BATTERY PLANT and RO dealers are bearing the high cost of Source: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has been taking initiatives hospital treatment. During elections many RO on the production of alternative dealers had to work overtime to ensure forms of energy during the current uninterrupted supply to election officials, yet phase. The company has tied up with Israeli start-up, Phinergy, for when it came to vaccination all other election the development of aluminium-air staff got priority vaccination however, with the (Al-air) batteries, and the partners Govt. initiative vaccination is going to resume are implementing their among the public including RO dealers along manufacturing facility. IOCL took up a minority stake in Phinergy, which delivers oxygen from the ambient with their all other staff members considering specialises in metal-air batteries, in air. The electrolyte is water-based them as front runners involved in public 2020, and earlier this year, formed and is essentially a solution of distribution. a joint venture called IOC Phinergy potassium hydroxide or sodium Pvt. Ltd. The JV will work in the hydroxide.The aluminium, oxygen WBPDA is also intensifying demand for areas of R&D, production, and water undergo an commission revision. As overhead costs have assembly, sales and service to electrochemical reaction to shot through the roof in the last 2 years commercialise Al-air batteries in produce aluminium hydroxide and electrical energy, which is used to coupled with low sales due to the pandemic, India. Moreover, Maruti Suzuki and Ashok Leyland have already power the motor in an EV. However, have literally broken the backbone of the signed letters of intent with IOC Aluminium is consumed in the petroleum industry. Dealers throughout West Phinergy, which is also working reaction to produce electricity, Bengal are facing acute financial crunch and with Mahindra Electric to test its giving a few thousand kilometres of technology.An aluminium-air cell driving range before the anodes numerous small dealers are on the verge of consists of the same building have to be replaced. This could shutting down shutters. Unless there is a blocks as any other battery a pair prove to be a cumbersome task and substantial commission revision which reflects of negative and positive electrodes require the setting up of a battery- swapping network. So, the IOC present day inflation and costs, it is futile effort (anode and cathode, respectively) and an electrolyte. In this case, the Phinergy Group has to deal with to save a sinking industry. anode is formed by aluminium, this hurdle if they continues the while the 'air-breathing' cathode project in sustainable manner. VOCAL RIGHT, Kolkata, Vol-6, Issue-10, Monday 31st May 2021 3 THE COVID VACCINATION UNCONTROLLED OF SPEED SPEADER STARTED FUEL PRICES Correspondent: The State Government also made two groups Government have been struggling for proper vaccination among the with daily mismanagement while people so that, everybody may be delivering vaccine among the vaccinated. First group is the PIB.: Petrol pricing throughout the public from its health-care units General Group who have not yet country is breaking its every previous throughout the state. To coup up received the vaccine and the same record by every day. During last 25th with this hurdle the State may be decided by the District February 2021, oil companies did not Government had drawn a Health Department. And the change fuel prices for the last 65 days systematic vaccination policy for second group is described as the after announcement of the Assembly Poll smooth vaccination programme. Super Spreader comprising Govt. in five states. But after conclusion and State Health Department had & Semi-Govt. Employees, result declaration on 2nd May, OMCs conducted emergency meeting Teachers, Dealers of Petrol- started to increase fuel prices. As a result, with all his District Magistrates and Kerosene-LPG; Pumps petrol and diesel prices reached to District Chief Health Directors Employees; Taxi-Auto-Toto- 92.85/- & 89.51/- in Delhi; 99.14/- & 90.71 recently. The sources said that the Rickshaw Drivers; Advocates; at Mumbai; 94.54/- & 88.34/- at Chennai Government has been procuring Court Employees; Journalists; and 92.92/- & 86.35/- at Kolkata Covishield and Covaxine along Sellers in market areas; sex respectively, along with the simultaneous with the Centre's cooperation. The workers; trans-genders; grocers; increase in rest part of the country. Health Department may start COVID volunteers, jailed persons Presently fuel prices reached to century vaccination categorizing the ad likewise. prices per litre of petrol in following people according to their age It has been decided that all these places: Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) group. As, e.g., peop0le of age data would be processed under the Rs.102.42/-; Anuppur (MP) Rs.