Gurgaon cancels 10 NOCs

No objection certificates (NOCs) issued to 10 petrol pumps in Gurgaon, the industrial and financial center of Haryana, India, were canceled by the District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner, P. C. Meena in early January. The NOCs were conditionally issued to the petrol pumps between January 2000 and May 2005, but the oil firms concerned failed to fulfill the requirements. Of the 10, eight pumps belong to state-owned Indian Oil Corporation, while Bharat Petroleum and Essar Oil Limited each own one pump. (January 7, 2012)