The dealers have also expressed their unhappiness over daily price mechanism where the price of diesel and petrol changes every day. The dealers earlier made money on price arbitrage as they would stock up on assumptions of price hikes in advance. BS Canth, director marketing of IndianOil, said, "Although we are hopeful the strike will be called off, we are prepared to handle the situation. Since the commodity falls under the Essential Commodities Act, we can approach the state government in case of any disruption and inconvenience to the consumers." "A lot of dealers have already expressed their displeasure with regards to strike and many have expressed their views against the call on social media sites. Still, we are prepared to handle the situation. All our company owned and company operated retail outlets will be open for service," he added. Under the MDG, it has been instructed to the dealers to check their nozzles daily to avoid short delivery of products to consumers.