Viral Video: The video, which has gone viral on Twitter by the name ‘Ghar ka kalesh’, shows an extremely disturbing situation at an HP petrol pump in Kurla, Mumbai, regarding the quality of petrol being sold in the market. The video is of someone procuring petrol and finding the 1-liter bottle from the petrol pump has three-fourths of it with water and just one-fourth of it with petrol.
Public Outcry and Demands for Action
It has elicited condemnation at every level and called for redress by the authorities. The consumers and even activists cannot believe and are outraged at what seemed to be gross intention to hoodwink customers into watering down petrol, which greatly impaired vehicle performance and caused safety concerns.
Local residents and drivers using this gas station have expressed surprise, with some saying they have stopped trusting in receiving fewer miles per gallon and engine problems after topping up at the gas station in question. These types of accusations and allegations place consumer confidence in the honesty of the fuel dispensing systems at risk and raise a question about the safety of the consumer from such potential fraud.
Ensuring Quality Standards
Since the matter affects the common person, the authorities have been requested to sensitize the affairs and inquest into the matter to bring the truth about such claims and ensure there is full enforcement on the quality standards in all fuel stations. This has happened underpinning the importance of extremely tight consumer oversight and quality checks to ensure that consumers receive the quality and quantity of fuel they pay for. The public has always been on high alert, demanding nothing short of what should be due at this hour of need since transparency and accountability from all quarters are positioned in the fuel distribution chain.
People expresses their views in the comment section. One person wrote, “Ye sab jaga hota hai yaar.. Govt should ban this kind of petrol Bunks..” Another person said, “ShutDown this Petrol Pump ASAP” Another person commented, “When doodhwala is appointed as the petrol pump manager.”
