Mamata holds review meeting on LPG crisis, calls for SOP and rationing of cylinders
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Mamata Banerjee reviews LPG crisis, urges for rationing and standard procedures amid growing public complaints and supply issues.
KOLKATA
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) to review the shortage of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), and other petroleum products which are affecting people across the State.
Also read: LPG crisis updates on March 11, 2026
Ms. Banerjee said that companies supplying LPG and CNG should come up with a standard operating procedure and start rationing supplies.
The Chief Minister said that her government will not allow hoarding of gas cylinders and has instructed District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police to that effect. She, however, added that the numbers to book gas cylinders online should start working. The meeting was held at Soujanya Auditorium in Alipore. Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty and Director General of Police Peeyush Pandey were present at the meeting along with representatives of the LPG and CNG distribution companies.
Ms. Banerjee said that State’s Industries Secretary Vandana Srivastava will be the nodal officer for coordinating with LPG and CNG distribution companies.
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