Form consumer welfare fund

VADODARA, June 4: The members of the Baroda City Consumers8217; Council have mooted the formation of a Consumer Welfare Fund8217; by petrol pumps of the state with the 8220;illegal money8221; collected by them immediately after announcement of petrol price hike on Tuesday.

Though the cost of petrol per litre worked out to be Rs 27.38, petrol pumps charged Rs 30.64 per litre and even more, they alleged.

The council office bearers in a letter to the secretary, Food and Civil Supply department alleged that some petrol-pump owners had over charged customers.

charged Rs 3 to Rs 5 extra on each litre of petrol sold on Tuesday. This was illegal as there had been hike of Re 1 only, they alleged. A case should be registered against this act of the petrol-pump owners, they added.