Kolkata: The Kolkata Police is bracing for a possible fuel crisis even as it hopes its additional requirements, to ensure movement of CAPF personnel, are not jeopardised. With KP fuel fund coming under stress, the disruptions are feared to set in as early as April 2.According to the office of the OC of Fuel, around Rs 11 crore in allocated funds are stuck at the finance department in Nabanna though administrative officials and police brass are jointly working to solve the pending issues. The bottleneck has prompted an emergency directive to all KP department heads to implement austerity measures. OCs are told to stop issuance of extra fuel to vehicles, except for extreme exigency or emergency cases.The shortfall comes at a time of deployment of 30 CAPF companies by March 31 that requires a substantial reserve of fuel, which the department currently lacks. To prevent a total standstill of patrolling, local station commanders have been advised to coordinate with enlisted fuel pumps. Warning against rumour-mongering, police maintained essential services would not be disrupted. Nabanna officials said the issue would be sorted “well in time”.
