IOC bats for online booking
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 15 2016 : The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has initiated action against LPG distributors which do not facilitate electronic booking facility to consumers.

A consumer of a LPG dis- tributor located on RIMS Road has complained that the distributor had not distributed LPG refills for about a month.

When queried, a senior officer of the IOC's Imphal Divisional Retail Sales Office said that the particular dis- tributor was closed for about three days for not complying with the instruction to extend electronic booking facility to the consumers.

As the distributor has in- troduced electronic booking, the ban has been lifted, the official said.

It also started distributing LPG to the consumers.

The distributor made many of its consumers wait for re- fills distribution since early morning till evening on Wednesday.

A consumer of the dis- tributor on condition of anonymity told The Sangai Express that the staff of the distributor, after a long wait, made the consumers who have made their bookings ear- lier to make fresh electronic bookings after collecting their blue books.

The consumers who form- ed long queues to get a single LPG refill were made to spend the whole day there missing their earlier appoint- ments of the day, the consu- mer said.

At the same time, MM Gas has cleared bookings done till December 31, 2015 or earlier.

The distributor has delivered LPG refills to consumers at the average rate of 276.97 refills per day.

Delivery of LPG refills to 10678 consumers who have done their booking till January 15 is pending.

Meanwhile, Imphal LPG has cleared booking done till Jan 13 or earlier.

The distributor has delivered refilled LPG cylinders to consumers at the average rate of 250.32 daily.

Delivery to 2679 consumers who have done booking till Jan 15 is pending.

Meanwhile, a consumer of Thoubal Gas said that he received just three refilled cylinders each in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The consumer, who chooses to be anonymous, said that the IOC's initiative to enhance cooking gas supply has not benefited consumers of Thoubal Gas while it does to other agencies.

Thoubal Gas has cleared booking done till Dec 22, 2015. It distributed LPG refills at an average of 145.72 daily.

Delivery to 6589 consumers who have already done booking is pending.

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