Oil companies now have 1,607 door-to-door fuel pumps: Petroleum Ministry

Till now door step delivery of fuel has been restricted to diesel because it is considered less volatile and hence safer than petrol

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have commissioned 1,607 Door-to-Door Delivery (DDD) mobile dispensers till now. Responding to a query in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameshwar Teli said that they are being used to deliver diesel.

"Door-to-door delivery of diesel is done through mobile dispensers for site refuelling of stationary equipment, machinery and heavy vehicles located at specific customer sites, in dedicated industrial zones, equipment operating in mines, construction sites, agricultural machinery, diesel generators, vehicles which cannot come to service stations for refuelling," Teli said.

This has been made possible after the government made amendments in Petroleum