No need to worry about domestic cooking gas supply

Madikeri, Mar. 20: Deputy Commissioner S.J. Somashekhar instructed to supply cooking gas cylinders to every house in the district with domestic cooking gas connection as per the supply and demand as per the government rules.

He spoke while presiding over the meeting of the Cooking Gas Distributors Coordination Committee held at the office of the city Deputy Commissioner.

As a result of the intensification of the war between the US and Israel, there has been concern among the public about the supply of cooking gas, which should be resolved. In that regard, domestic cooking gas should be supplied so that no one is worried. The rules issued by the government from time to time should be strictly followed. There is no problem in the supply of domestic LPG cylinders. It is essential to ensure that there is no disruption in the supply of domestic cooking gas to the overall consumers. Illegal activities including unauthorized storage, distribution, and sale in the black market should be curbed. He instructed to supply gas cylinders to student hostels, residential homes, educational institutions, hospitals and other priority institutions on a priority basis.

Domestic cylinders should be supplied on a priority basis and within the specified period, and domestic cylinders should be distributed compulsorily on a FIFO basis. LPG distributors should take precautionary measures to prevent shortage of stock, immediately conduct eKYC and supply gas cylinders to customers who have not done eKYC. The District Collector instructed that artificial shortage in the supply of gas cylinders and unauthorized collection of excess money from customers should not be created.

Domestic cylinders should not be distributed for commercial purposes illegally. He directed to submit a report to the district administration on a daily basis regarding the details of distribution and stocks.

It is everyone's responsibility to ensure that the public is not inconvenienced for any reason regarding domestic cooking gas supply. He asked them to take necessary precautions in that regard.

Deputy Director of Food Department M. Bheemaraya said that there are 1,81,126 domestic cooking gas connections in the district, 60,101 families have one domestic gas cylinder connection, and 1,21,025 families have two domestic cooking gas cylinders. 12,527 families also have cooking gas connections under the Ujjwala scheme. Overall, 1,93,653 families in the district have cooking gas connections under the domestic and Ujjwala schemes. Similarly, 9,601 families have gas connections for commercial use in the district, he explained.

16,829 families in the district have booked for domestic LPG cylinders, while 505 people have booked for commercial cooking gas cylinders. Bheemaraya explained that the cooking gas supplied will be supplied on a case-by-case basis.

A helpline for customer complaints has already been opened and the Deputy Commissioner directed the department to take strict action against the illegal sale, unauthorized storage and distribution of gas cylinders.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Director of the Food Department, Bheemaraya, said that food inspectors from all the taluks of the district are regularly visiting gas agencies and hotels/dhabas and monitoring them. Representatives of a total of 18 gas agencies of various companies in the district such as IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, etc., food inspectors and others were present.

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