Bangalore: The Food Department has unearthed a racket in which Aviation
Turbine Fuel was being siphoned off by tampering with the tankers that
transported fuel to the airport. This is believed to have a national
ramification. Aviation fuel, which can be used as substitute for diesel,
is suspected to have been sold to tar-manufacturing units.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Thursday, Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao said that aviation fuel was being siphoned off during transportation to Kempe Gowda International Airport at Devanahalli. The transporters had tampered with the tankers carrying aviation fuel to facilitate siphoning-off.
He said that the tankers had been tampered with by extending the chassis beyond the permissible limits.
The department said that the length of the vehicle had also been increased proportionately mainly to shift the position of the manhole — where a measuring gauge would be inserted — from the centre of the compartment and to increase the oscillation of the stored fuel to give a higher dip-level reading.
Read news in full 27/06/14 The Hindu
Announcing this at a press conference here on Thursday, Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao said that aviation fuel was being siphoned off during transportation to Kempe Gowda International Airport at Devanahalli. The transporters had tampered with the tankers carrying aviation fuel to facilitate siphoning-off.
He said that the tankers had been tampered with by extending the chassis beyond the permissible limits.
The department said that the length of the vehicle had also been increased proportionately mainly to shift the position of the manhole — where a measuring gauge would be inserted — from the centre of the compartment and to increase the oscillation of the stored fuel to give a higher dip-level reading.
Read news in full 27/06/14 The Hindu
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