Alinz Portable Petrol Pumps has announced that they have partnered with Czech firm Petrocard for the purpose of building four portable petrol manufacturing units in India. These units will manufacture machines for such pumps.
This program is to be taken forward with an expected investment of Rs 1,600 crore. The company believes that portable petrol pumps can help in cutting the land and time required to build a filling station in the country and it would be more helpful in areas where the land is scarce.
“We would soon be able see an unmanned fuelling station where we, on our own can refuel our vehicle making digital payment,” Alinz managing director Inderjeet Pruthi said.
The concept of portable petrol pumps is new to India and this has been approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The approval was given on 10th August 2018.
What is a portable petrol pump? Well, a portable petrol pump is an automatic self-service machine dispensing petrol, diesel and kerosene, through which the people can themselves fill petrol in their vehicles. The payments in these can are cashless, through facilities like e-wallets.
These pumps will be a huge support for people in rural areas, mountains regions and other remote locations. It has also been stated that these can be set up in just about 400 sq mts.
“The market of portable pumps will grow here. We have joined hands with Czech firm Petrocard, our technology partner, and have plans and target to set up four facilities to manufacture portable petrol pump machines in India at investment amount of ₹1,600 crore based on the market, states and oil marketing companies response and cooperation,” Pruthi said.
Apart from this, this also is a good option for the people who are looking to start a business. For this purpose, an amount of Rs 90 lakh to Rs 1.20 crore would be required.