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| Civil Society members, Traders unions call on Omar, Akhoon | | Special LPG relief package in offing | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 11: The Government is likely to announce a LPG package soon. A local news agency quoting reliable sources said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has called a high level meeting of concerned Ministers and officers on Monday to discuss the LPG crisis and possibilities of increasing the subsidy cap on LPG cylinders to the Valley consumers.
The meeting is also expected to be attended by representatives of different oil companies supplying gas to consumers in the Valley. "The meeting will be attended by Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather, CAPD Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal, Commissioner Secretary Finance department, Commissioner Secretary Food and supplies department apart from various other officials from different oil companies and other departments in the State Government", the sources said.
The Government, according to sources, is working out the financial implications of increasing the cap on the subsidy on cooking gas from existing 6 cylinders as provided by the GoI.
"The Government may most probably raise the cap to 9 cylinders a year, with the state bearing the expenditure on additional 3 cylinders out of its own sources", the sources added.
The issue of easing the Registration norms is also expected to be discussed in the meeting, with the CAPD department being involved in identifying and enumerating the numbers of LPG consumers in the state.
Meanwhile, representative from the Kashmir Traders United Front (KTUF) met the Chief Minister at his residence on Wednesday evening with the demand to increase the subsidy cap to 12 cylinders and easing of the registration procedures for the Valley consumers.
The delegation headed by Mohammad Sadiq Bazal also included Jan Mohammad Koul, Zahoor Ahmand Badshah and Mushtaq Darial.
The KTUF delegation members said the Chief Minister admitted that the new system is trouble some for common people and the Government is contemplating certain measures to address the issue. He had also asked the delegation to meet the CAPD Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon to hold further discussions.
A delegation of the civil society members met Qamar Ali Akhoon today to discuss the measures needed to provide relief to consumers of the State. The delegation members included Shakeel Qalander, Imdad Saqi, M Yasin Khan apart from the members of KTUF.
Comr Secy Food and Supplies, Director Food & Supplies, Sales Incharge Hindustan Petroleum Haroon Hamid, Indian Oil Corporation representative Parvez Ahmad among others also attended the meeting.
According to sources privy to the meeting issues relating to increase in LPG cap, registration procedures for new consumers and transfer of existing connections were discussed in the meeting.
CAPD Minister, Qamar Ali Akhoon, according to KTUF members, said the Government will devise an alternative mechanism to solve the problems at the earliest and steps will be taken to redress grievances of the people of the state in near future. |
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