The Government has taken several measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of petroleum products and LPG across the country. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has stated that LPG supply to domestic households has been prioritised. It added that there have been no reports of dry-outs at any distributorship.
The Ministry said that online LPG cylinder bookings have reached about 99 percent nationwide, while OTP-based deliveries have crossed 94.5 percent. Since last month, over five lakh 36 thousand PNG connections have been activated, and infrastructure has been created for an additional two lakh 61 thousand connections, taking the total to nearly seven lakh 97 thousand. Around six lakh consumers have also registered for new PNG connections. More than 42 thousand PNG consumers have surrendered their LPG connections till yesterday. All refineries in the country are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, and sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained.
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