Leh, Dec. 22: Member Parliament Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal while recounting the grant of Union Territory status to Ladakh has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his vision of a new Ladakh. The new UT status has opened ways to explore avenues and opportunities for the overall development of Ladakh. This was stated by MP Namgyal during the inauguration ceremony of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s new Shey Filling Station at Shey Smanla today.
This is the 19th filling station by IOCL in the region of Ladakh. He also expressed his gratitude to the Home Minister Amit Shah and Cabinet Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan for their special attention to Ladakh.
MP Jamyang Namgyal also inaugurated the 5 Kg Free Trade LPG (FTL) gas cylinders – ‘Chhotu’. On the occasion, he also made a virtual dedication of eight newly commissioned IOCL filling stations situated in various parts of Leh and Kargil districts.
MP Namgyal appreciated the overall services given by IOCL in Ladakh and also mentioned the benefits of winter-grade diesel for cold weather regions like Ladakh. He welcomed the initiative of a facility of four cylinders in a go to the beneficiaries of the selected 30 villages that get cut-off from distribution outlets in winters due to snow. He also mentioned his frequent checking about winter-stocking of fuel and expressed his satisfaction over the overall stocking of fuel and LPG cylinders for winters.
Councillor Thiksay Constituency LAHDC Leh Stanzin Chospel, Executive Director IOCL Sujoy Choudhury, Managing Director IOCL Leh Rigzin Wangtak, officers and officials of IOCL, and residents of Shey-Thiksay were present during the function.
Earlier, Executive Director IOCL Sujoy Choudhury gave an overview of the functioning of IOCL and expressed his gratitude to the people of Ladakh for their continuous support to the company. Talking about the journey of IOCL in Ladakh, he expressed gratitude for the special assistance of MP Namgyal for the nine new outlets in various parts of Ladakh. He also mentioned the timely completion of the building of ATF storage for fueling commercial flights. Sujoy also shared the future endeavors of the company envisioned by IOCL for Ladakh.
General Manager Retail Sales IOCL Amrinder Kumar also spoke on the occasion.
Towards the end, MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal also flagged-off a cyclothon from Shey filling station to Kahru filling station to promote winter-grade diesel.
