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| Govt to open LPG outlets every 15-20 km: Zulfkar | | |  Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Oct 16: Underlining the need of ensuring hassle-free availability of cooking gas for every household, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said the Coalition Government will open new LPG outlets every 15-20 km across the State.
The Minister said the Government will also provide eight lakh free LPG connections to Below Poverty Line women till the end of 2018, with one lakh connections to be given out within this month.
The Minister was addressing a mammoth gathering during the launch of Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY). highlighting the importance of the scheme, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said it has been designed for the welfare of poor people across the country for whom having an LPG connection at their homes remains a dream.
The Minister said the PMUY will benefit the poor, especially the rural women, "Providing LPG connections to BPL households will ensure universal coverage of cooking gas for empowering rural women whose health remains at risk due to traditional ways of cooking which is also time-consuming," he said.
Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said the PMUY is a new ray of hope for replacing centuries-old tradition of using unclean fuel for cooking purposes. He said the State Government will address non-availability of LPG with this scheme with eight lakh free connections being given to BPL women of Jammu and Kashmir till the end of 2018.
Announcing the opening of new LPG outlets after every 15-20 kilometers in the state, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said the Government wants to provide clean fuel for cooking at the door steps. He said the target has been fixed to provide 100 percent population with LPG connections.
"We are working to open new outlets and soon these will start operating, " the Minister said.
The Minister said District Ramban has 17 percent coverage of LPG, one of the lowest LPG connectivity in the country which was followed by Rajouri and Poonch areas.
"But our Government is working to provide 100 percent connectivity. There has been six percent growth in the LPG connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir which is testimony of the Government's vision towards providing clean fuel to public for avoiding health hazards," he said.
Director Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Jammu GS Chib, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Shabir Ahmed Bhat, Additional District Development Commissioner Rajouri A.S.Chib Joint Director FCS&CA Jammu Mansoor Aslam, Joint Controller Legal Metrology VS Sambyal and officers of Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation and BPCL were also present on the occasion. |
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