Bengaluru firm delivers diesel at home

BENGALURU: Bengaluru has become India's first city to have fuel delivered at one's doorstep. Start up company, Mypetrolpump conducted a soft launch on June 15 with three delivery vehicles with an individual capacity of 950 litres. The firm has already delivered over 5,000 litres of diesel, at the day's running price with a fixed delivery charge. Founder of Mypetrolpump, Ashish Kumar Gupta, 32, said, “We've been in touch with the petroleum ministry since September 2016. After having convinced the officials, we had two meetings with the minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, who appreciated our innovation.”