On the gas crisis arising due to the Middle East war, the Central Government said that in the last two weeks, 1.25 lakh new connections have been given to PNG. Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said that in the last 3 days, 5600 LPG customers shifted to PNG. He said that the Government of India is making every possible effort at every level to provide LPG to domestic customers, hence people should not pay attention to rumors and trust only the official information.
Situation worrying due to Middle East war: Government
Sujata Sharma said that in the case of commercial LPG, about 17 state governments have issued allotment orders and commercial LPG has been supplied to all the states and union territories. He said, ‘The situation remains worrying due to the Middle East war. However, there is no report of shortage of LPG at any distribution. Yesterday LPG online booking was Rs 56 lakh and supply was Rs 55 lakh. The delivery of LPG cylinders is going on normally.
Government took steps to stop black marketing
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said, ‘Yesterday, the Government of India has written another letter to all the state governments requesting them to take all necessary steps to stop black marketing and hoarding and take action under the law if violations are found. According to information received from state governments, control rooms have been set up in about 31 states and union territories. Apart from this, district level monitoring committees have also been constituted in about 25 states and union territories.
’15 states issued orders for kerosene allocation’
Sujata Sharma said, ‘About 15 states and union territories have issued orders for additional kerosene allocation. Bookings being done out of panic are decreasing. Around 57,000 refill bookings were received yesterday. The condition of crude oil and operation of refinery plants is normal. There has been no information about shortage of oil at retail pumps. All retail outlets are functioning normally. The supply of domestic crude oil and CNG for transportation is 100 percent assured without any cut.
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