No refills, new connections: Govt bars LPG refill for households with piped connection
PTC News Desk: The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Saturday issued a notification directing households that have both a Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connection and a domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) subscription to give up their LPG connection. Such households have also been instructed not to seek LPG cylinder refills from public sector oil companies or their distributors.
The directive was issued as an amendment to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, amid disruptions in global fuel supplies caused by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Under the revised order, households using PNG will no longer be allowed to apply for a new domestic LPG connection.
"No person having a Piped Natural Gas connection and also having a domestic LPG connection shall retain a domestic LPG connection, or take refills of domestic LPG cylinders from any Government oil company, or through their distributors. Such persons will be required to immediately surrender their domestic LPG connection," it states.
- With inputs from agencies
