Petrol pumps shut on Sundays from May 14

Beginning May 14, fuel outlets in eight states, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will be shut every Sunday following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to conserve oil, a fuel pump owners' body said on Tuesday. 

"We had planned to shut our outlets on



Sundays a few years back. But oil marketing companies had then requested us to reconsider our decision. 

Now we have decided to shut the outlets on Sundays," said Suresh Kumar, an executive committee member of the consortium of Indian Petroleum Hyderabad.