Fuel scam whiff in blind GPS trackers

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Officials have found the GPS-enabled vehicle-tracker installed in all the 13 fogging vehicles defunct and are investigating if these were deliberately tampered with to pilfer petrol.

LUCKNOW: The municipal corporation, probing how petrol was siphoned off from one of its fogging vehicles recently, has chanced upon irregularities more intense than it imagined. Officials have found the GPS-enabled vehicle-tracker installed in all the 13 fogging vehicles defunct and are investigating if these were deliberately tampered with to pilfer petrol.

In May this year, the LMC had spent Rs 2 crore to install VTS or vehicle-tracking system in each of its 200-strong fleet of vehicles. The drive was prompted by petrol theft by two employees in April. They sold the fuel for a premium in the black market and skipped fogging duties.

The device, which works in real time, not only tracked vehicle location but also recorded the duration spent by each in their allotted area. It helped the civic body bring 17 truant workers to book.

According to LMC officials, the recent petrol theft came to the fore when the control room lost GPS on the fogging truck assigned to Ibrahimpur ward on Tuesday.

An inspection revealed that the wire connecting the VTS to batteries in the truck had been snapped. Also, the driver had not logged his attendance in Zone 3, which means fogging had not been done in Ibrahimpur because it falls in that zone.
The anomalies prompted inspection of all the 200 LMC vehicle and officials found the VTS had conked out in 13, which are all deployed for fogging. Snapped VTS wires are a common feature in these vehicles.
Municipal commissioner Indramani Tripathi said they would lodge an FIR against the driver accused of siphoning off petrol. “The probe will continue to ascertain if pilferage has been taking place from the 12 other trucks,” he added.

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