Petrol supply disrupted in UK. Is there a shortage of petrol in the country? Lack of truck drivers in the UK. The position of the companies selling petrol. Decision to issue temporary visas.

 

                                               

Petrol supply disrupted in UK. Is there a shortage of petrol in the country? Lack of truck drivers in the UK. The position of the companies selling petrol. Decision to issue temporary visas.

Petrol supply disrupted in UK.

 

The shortage of tanker drivers in the UK has led to a crisis in the delivery of petrol and there is talk of seeking the help of the army to normalize the supply of petrol.

For the past few days, long queues of vehicles have been seen at petrol pumps in different parts of the UK, including London, and people have started buying more petrol than they need due to fears of not getting petrol in the coming days.

Ministers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government have repeatedly insisted that there is no shortage of petrol in the country, with only temporary supply of oil to petrol pumps being hampered by a shortage of tanker drivers.

Is there a shortage of petrol in the country?

Many government ministers have repeatedly called on broadcasters to stress that there is no shortage of petrol in the country.

"There is no shortage in the country," Environment Minister George Estes said Monday.

"If it hadn't been for the media and the people weren't affected by it, the problem could have been solved easily," he added.

But it is very clear that petrol is not available at petrol pumps.

Environment Minister George Estes said the shortage of drivers was not a big problem. According to him, queues are visible at petrol pumps only because people are buying petrol even when they are not needed.

He said that the situation would soon return to normal when the rush of those buying more petrol in distress would be reduced.

On the other hand, the Petrol Association has warned that two-thirds of the petrol pumps in the country have run out of petrol. According to the association, out of a total of 8,000 petrol pumps in the country, 5,000 have run out of petrol.

To address the issue, Commerce Minister Quarsi Korating announced the exemption of petrol business from the Competition Act of 1998 and assured the public that the government has a long way to go to maintain the supply of petrol in the country. There are emergency plans.

Lack of truck drivers in the UK.

The shortage of lorry drivers in the UK has affected everything from supermarkets to fast food businesses in recent months.

For the past few days, the supply of petrol has been affected due to unavailability of drivers and people are buying more petrol than they need in confusion and there are long queues at petrol pumps.

The position of the companies selling petrol.

Petrol giants Shell, ExxonMobil and Greenerge said in a joint statement that the sudden increase in demand for petrol from the people has put an additional burden on the supply and it will not be just petrol in the coming days. It is happening because of the fear of meeting.

Petrol companies are preferring to maintain the supply of petrol pumps on motorways and there is a shortage of petrol pumps in cities.

Decision to issue temporary visas.

The government last week announced the immediate issuance of 5,000 temporary visas for lorry drivers, which will last until Christmas, to make up for the shortage of drivers. In addition, the government has decided to issue 5,500 visas for those working in the poultry industry.

In this regard, the government is also sending letters to one million truck drivers or drivers with 'HGV' licenses to encourage them to drive. In addition, plans are being made to train 4,000 HGV drivers on an emergency basis.

Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy for logistics in the UK, told the BBC that visa issuance could take days, not weeks. He said the industry would need more and longer visas for the required manpower and in the current situation, there would be an opportunity for drivers to earn good wages.

He said that 72,000 drivers had left the UK in the second quarter of 2019 and 2021 after seceding from Bridget or the European Union.

The global outbreak has also hampered the issuance of HGV licenses, which has exacerbated the situation. According to the driving license issuer, 54,000 applications are currently pending. 

Proposal to call army

Almost all the newspapers in the UK published on Monday reported that while many other measures are being considered to deal with the crisis, a proposal to seek help from the military is also being considered. ۔ However, a minister in Boris Johnson's cabinet has denied reports that the government is calling in troops to operate the tanker.

Despite the government minister's denials, some newspapers have said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and some senior ministers in his cabinet are seriously considering the proposal.

Britain's leading Guardian newspaper has said it will use "Operation Esculin" to improve it. The operation or plan was designed to deal with a potential emergency in the event of a Briggs without compromise, in which hundreds of troops were to be called in to operate a "reserve fleet" of the same tankers.