Commercial LPG supplies in Telangana meeting only 20% demand; Uttam urges Centre for more commercial cylinders
The Hindu
Telangana's commercial LPG supplies meet only 20% of demand, prompting a request for increased cylinder allocations from the Centre.
Commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supplies in Telangana are currently meeting only about 20% demand, raising concerns of people involved in the food business and other commercial sectors. But the domestic supply is near-normal. Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday (March 14) said that he wrote to the Centre requesting additional commercial LPG cylinders.
A sharp drop in the commercial LPG deliveries were recorded, from the usual requirement of 23,000 cylinders per day to roughly 6,200 cylinders. The Minister said that the domestic LPG supplies stand at near-normal levels with around 2.15 lakh cylinders delivered per day.
On Friday, a little over 2.37 lakh domestic cylinders were delivered. The usual requirement is 2.5 lakh cylinders per day, as per information from the Civil Supplies department.
Minister for Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy before addressing the media on the LPG supply situation in the State in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G
Addressing media after a review meeting in the gas supply with Telangana LPG Distributors Association at the State Secretariat on Saturday, he said that a Command and Control Centre at the Civil supplies Bhavan has become functional. The toll free numbers are 1800-428-00-333 and 1967.
Mr. Reddy appealed to the people not to overbook domestic refills and contingency measures were initiated, including 1,740 KL of kerosene as backup. The LPG Distributors Association raised concerns over influx of customers and law and order issues. The Minister assured of all possible help and protection.
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