SHILLONG: Moving forward with the concept of digital India in bringing ease of doing business, a bowser facility to provide door-to- door fuel was inaugurated at Midway Energy Point Petrol pump located at Umling in Guwahati-Shillong road.
With this system, the manufacturing units and factories will no longer require to come to a petrol pump to buy diesel but the vehicle itself will go to the respective places for refuelling.
People can use this facility by downloading the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) app and this system has been launched for the first time in the entire North Eastern region.
Speaking on the occasion, HPCL, Chief General Manager, Eastern zone, Singupalli Hari Prasad said that the company has been taking a lot of initiatives for the benefit of stakeholders and now the company as well as the customers will benefit from it.
The proprietor of the pump, Rikerbhalin War also lauded the initiative saying that the system will help customers as well as the pump and added that it will reduce pollution.
The manager of the pump, Sulabh Bagra said that apart from online payment, the customers can also make the payment offline.
The system will function 24×7 and the vehicle has a capacity of 6000 litres.
He also said that the system has a lot of scope in Meghalaya as the industrial sector is growing at an impressive rate in the state.
