Substandard petrol issue:

Jan 6 deadline for compensation claims

The special committee appointed to pay compensation to vehicle owners for damage caused to vehicles which used the recently imported controversial stock of petrol has decided to conclude the entertainment of documents and details from affected vehicle owners on January 6 next year.

More than six months has elapsed since the committee had written to each and every claimant requesting them to substantiate their claims by providing relevant documents and other information and the committee feels that the grace period given is more than enough said the Petroleum Industries Ministry in a press release issued yesterday.

The release said that if the payment of compensation had been delayed to some claimants it was due to several reasons such as failure to provide information on time, submission of false information or provision of such information in fragments in different stages or garage bills and receipts being unclear. Under the first stage of the compensation evaluation process documents relating to 2,196 claims have been inspected and payments made in respect of 1,006 claims. Another 433 fraudulent claims have been rejected. Another 1,149 claims are due to be processed under the second stage.

The CPC has allocated Rs 40 million for the payment of compensation which the Corporation hopes to recover from the relevant supplier.