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Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has started doorstep delivery of diesel on a pilot basis, in Pune and is planning to expand it to other parts of the country in the near future, on the basis of the response it gets during the three-month trial period.
The company has mounted a diesel dispenser, similar to the one seen at petrol pumps, on a midsized truck along with a storage tank for delivering the fuel at customers doorsteps in Pune.
Sanjiv Singh, chairman IOC stated, “We are the first company to have started doorstep delivery after receiving clearance from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO).” Further he added, “Doorstep delivery is not a substitute for sale through retail outlets (petrol pumps). It is meant to serve consumers, say a farm harvester, for whom it doesn’t make sense to travel to a petrol pump just to refuel.”
Moreover, the company is initially, targeting static customers like shopping malls and commercial establishments, that uses diesel in gensets for producing electricity and transport companies.
