Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Hindu
The Hindu
National
N. Ravi Kumar

Indane LPG booking and delivery system crashes

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday said its Indane LPG booking and delivery system managed by IBM India has experienced an outage for last two days.

“Currently the system is under recovery... hopeful to resolve the issue by today evening so that we can service your calls as usual from tomorrow,” the oil major told customers. It did not mention what triggered the outage.

Sources among officials and cooking gas distributors in different States said, in layman’s terms one of the servers, crucial for the Indane customer database, crashed on Saturday when a software patching work was being undertaken. Consequently Indane customers faced challenges while booking refills, particularly they did not receive text message confirming the order has been placed.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.