Guwahati, May 23 -- Reported by Avik Chakraborty

Dibrugarh: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to urge citizens to conserve fuel and reduce unnecessary expenditure, allegations emerging from Assam's Oil India Limited have raised concerns over possible misuse of official resources, which some have described as a mockery of the government's austerity drive.

A section of OIL officials has reportedly used official company vehicles for private errands, family outings, school trips, airport travel, and other non-official activities, raising questions about the use of public resources.

Sources allege that the misuse has become so frequent that OIL vehicles can now be routinely spotted outside schools every morning, ferrying official...