Indian Oil Corporation launches diesel home delivery
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) has announced a new service for Indian drivers, home delivery services of diesel. The large Indian oil company and fuel retailer took to Twitter to announce its latest service.
Under the slogan ‘Fuel@Doorstep’, IOCL will start doing home deliveries of diesel for customers in the region of Pune. This is the first service of its kind to be approved by India’s Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO).
For the time being the service will only supply diesel as it is less flammable than petrol. The goal is to serve those rural parts of the country where gas stations are scarce.
In April last year, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said that India was looking at options to deliver petrol and diesel to customers at home as way of mitigating long queues at stations, reports Business Today.
“Another milestone in customer convenience #FuelAtDoorstep. IndianOil launches FIRST OF ITS KIND PESO APPROVED Mobile dispenser for Door Delivery of Diesel to its esteemed customers at Pune,” read the tweet by IOCL.
There has been previous efforts to bring home fuel delivery to India, such as the Bengaluru-based startup ANB fuels, but they were stopped by PESO for safety reasons.
