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The oil marketing companies have asked delivery boys to check for eight points and tick them off on a mobile app provided to them.

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have recently launched a new safety check system for domestic cooking gas connections. Delivery boys have been asked to check for eight points and tick them off on a mobile app provided to them. According to sources, the check is to be conducted at every consumer household for free.

 

Besides checking the condition of the orange Suraksha hose, the delivery boys have to see if the stove is located on a platform above the cylinder, the cylinder is kept upright, and the regulator in use is of the respective OMC. They also have to inform the consumer about the 1906 emergency helpline. If the Suraksha hose is damaged or needs replacement, it can be done so during the safety check, an OMC source said.

 

Distributors said they had been asked to conduct this check for a period of six months. “We do not know if this safety check is replacing the annual mandatory safety checks, for which consumers had to pay. In many cases, consumers were unhappy with the annual checks. There were issues of people being cheated by people posing as company representatives. There are many police cases that remain unsolved since the scamsters are yet to be caught. That system was cumbersome,” a distributor said.