The dynamic fuel pricing has paved way for modernisation of petrol filling stations across the city. With the introduction of daily pricing of petrol and diesel oil companies have also asked its dealers for a makeover.
The fuel dispensing stations are now been linked virtually to the oil company and evert night at 12 pm the change is effected automatically.
Jamshedpur Petroleum Dealers Association president Rajiv Kumar said that the initiative taken by the oil companies has led to the petrol pumps going digitally advanced. “ We have also asked supervisors to maintain a vigil on the prices every night. The automated machines are configured with the new price every day,” said Kumar, who also owns a petrol station in the city.
He also went on to add that major oil companies such as Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation have decided on Jamshedpur, Vizag, Udaipur, Chandigarh and Puducherry as testing ground for the dynamic fuel pricing to reflect daily rupee-US fluctuations.
The president informed that the city Jamshedpur assumes importance as it consumes 6,000 litres of petrol and 50,000 litres of diesel daily.
Alok Kumar, owner of Quality Petroleum at Circuit House Area, said that the move has foster a new beginning of automated fuel dispensing machines, where there is accuracy and ease of doing wotk.
“We have also deputed trained staff to daily check if new rates have been linked to the software. Every night at 8 PM we receive the new rates and we make sure that the change is made. The new system has in fact has increased vigil. Our supervisor is assigned for the task this has also ensure accuracy and extra vigil,”noted Kumar.