Indian Oil Corporation launches mobile app service for doorstep diesel delivery

New Delhi: Oil Marketing Company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has launched a doorstep diesel delivery service for small quantities. The service offered via a mobile app is a joint venture with the Delhi-based start-up Humsafar Indi.

As per the new service, the start-up company, Fuel Humsafar, has begun the doorstep delivery of diesel in 20 litres of 'Safar20' jerry cans in Patiala and new district Malerkotla in the state of Punjab.

The company said that the service is meant for customers seeking diesel in quantities as low as 20 litres. The services is available in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Gujarat, Goa and the National Capital Region (NCR) including Noida, Delhi, Faridabad and Ghaziabad.

The service comes after the company started catering to bulk supply customers through diesel door delivery.

Founder and Director of Humsafar India Sanya Goel said that earlier the consumers of diesel had to procure it from retail outlets in barrels which used to cause a lot of spillages and dead mileage in energy procurement.

Goel said that the company have leveraged technology optimally to overcome the lack of efficient energy distribution infrastructure that existed earlier. According to him to Fuel Humsafar is a user-friendly app, that allows easy ordering and tracking of invaluable fuel.

According to him, the new service is expected to benefit small housing societies, malls, hospitals, banks, construction sites, farmers, mobile towers, education institutes along small industries.