M Nene, Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) informed that oil marketing companies (OMCs) would discuss with the union oil ministry their plans to raise the number of LPG distributors.
OMCs feel the need to increase the number of distributors across the country, going by the 2011 census. Indian Oil Corporation alone has 6,000 distributors as of now and the firm plans to raise it to 7,000.
Nene said the three state-run OMCs (Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL) together roll out 3.2 million LPG cylinders every day from over 180 bottling plants. These cylinders are then picked up and delivered at the doorstep of customers by a countrywide network of over 12,000 distributors.
He said IOC aims to improve delivery mechanism and customer satisfaction by addressing gaps in services, capacity constraints of dealers, and meeting the needs of customers.
Some dealers are not able to extend these services because they have grown too big. Nene said there is a need to reduce and restrict the number of consumers each dealer caters to so that he is not overburdened.
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