Sir,
I am a CNG user and drive an eco fuel car. Now, you would appreciate that when it is a petrol car and you intend to fill the fuel, you normally use currency conventions, as in filling 500/= or 1000/= fuel an so there is no direct loss of consumer.
In the case of CNG, generally the consumers go for filling upto the capacity as it saves time and also the cost of filling a 12 Kg clylinder is never above 225 /=.But in this case the cost of fuel is never rounded off. It comes in decimal always. So if I go for tank full, the cost would be apprx rs 195.20 (assume) Now while paying, I would have to pay the service guy 196 rs. That means a whole 80 Paise extra. Now I as a consumer never minds it because, one, it is not possible to get 80 paise back and second its too small to think of. But one look at the whole arithmetic and our views will change for sure.
CASE
Let us assume that a typical CNG station works for 16 hours in a day and fills one car in 2 minutes with an average extra earning of 30 Paise per car and also considering 127 filling stations in delhi with an average 5 outlet points.
The total amount collected by all the CNG stations over and above the actuals comes out to be a whooping 3.33 crores or 26 Lacs per station in a year. This is not considering the fact that many CNG pumps (eg the one at Sarai Kale Khan) actually run the meter twice during every filling. You can check for the same if you intend to.
Just a thought, is this money in any case used for the benefit of consumer or is it just going to the coffers of owners.
I request you to take a look into it. Its a small time crime which indefinitely has been occuring all the while and needs a curbing.
Thanks you so much.
Rgds
Mohit Chauhan
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