LPG Crisis: Now gas cylinders in rural areas will be booked again after 45 days, the government gave this reasoning behind the change in booking rules.

LPG Crisis: New Delhi. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Lok Sabha that we have enough crude oil. There is no shortage of diesel, petrol and gas cylinders. LNG cargoes are arriving daily. Supplies are also coming from other routes. CNG supply continues 100%. We are taking fuel from Canada, Norway, Russia. LPG production has increased by 28 percent. Alternate fuel channels have been activated. Kerosene oil availability is also being ensured through retailers. A committee of three ministers has been formed, which is keeping an eye on the situation.

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He said that we are fully prepared to deal with such situations for a long time. Demand has increased due to panic in the country. Priorities have been set regarding gas. On LPG crisis, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said in Lok Sabha that crude supply in India is safe. He said that 20 percent of the traffic from Hormuz is affected. There is enough gas in the country right now. There is no need to panic on gas cylinder.

But contrary to this claim, the government has made major changes regarding LPG cylinders for rural areas. Now the time for next booking of LPG cylinder in villages has been increased to 45 days. Earlier, consumers in rural areas could book the next cylinder only within 25 days. According to the information received, the government claims that this decision has been taken so that unnecessary hasty booking of cylinders can be stopped and the supply can be managed in a better way. In recent days, due to rumors at many places, people were booking cylinders in a hurry.

According to sources, on an average a family in rural areas uses only about five LPG cylinders in a year. In such a situation, there is no need for frequent early booking. For this reason the time between bookings has been increased to 45 days. However, the rules in urban areas will remain the same as before. Consumers in cities can still book the next cylinder within 25 days. The government believes that with this change the supply of cylinders will be better balanced and additional bookings due to rumors will also be prevented.

People were booking cylinders in 15 days

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This decision has been taken by the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is being said that people were booking LPG cylinders for domestic gas only after a gap of 15 days. Whereas this booking was for about 55 days. It came to light that people who earlier used to book cylinders in 55 days, now started booking cylinders in 15 days. Overall, this change made for rural areas has been implemented with the aim of maintaining stable LPG supply and preventing panic booking.

Ban on supply of commercial gas cylinders to hotels and restaurants

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have given clear instructions that commercial gas cylinders will be given only to hospitals and schools and colleges. The supply to hotels, dhabas and restaurants should be completely stopped. There are more than five lakh commercial LPG connections in Delhi-NCR, out of which more than three lakh are in Delhi alone. LPG Gas Dealers Association says that there is a shortage in the supply of commercial cylinders. Instructions have been given to sell non-domestic cylinders (commercial) only to hospitals and educational institutions. Oil marketing companies include Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Cylinder loading and billing stopped

Loading and billing of commercial cylinders has also been stopped. The supply will not be started until the arrival of new consignment of LPG is confirmed. He said that at present the LPG stock present in bottling plants is being kept safe for filling domestic cylinders. Commercial cylinders will be made available only on a limited basis for emergency services such as hospitals.

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Book gas cylinder through WhatsApp

You can also try to book cylinder through WhatsApp. For this you will have to contact your gas company on their WhatsApp. For this.

Indane customers can send a message to 7588888824 by typing ‘REFILL’ from their registered number.

Whereas HP Gas customers can message by writing ‘Hi’ or ‘Book’ on 9222201122.

Bharat Gas customers can message ‘Hi’ or ‘Book’ on 1800224344.

Book gas cylinder by missed call

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You can also book a cylinder by giving a missed call on the number of your gas company. Keep in mind that calls should be made from registered numbers only. For:

Indane customers give a missed call to 8454955555.
HP Gas customers give a missed call to 9493602222.

Book gas cylinder through SMS

You can also book the cylinder by sending SMS. For this, Indane customers can send SMS by writing ‘REFILL’ to 7718955555. Bharat Gas customers can SMS ‘LPG’ to 7715012345 or 7718012345. Keep in mind that you will have to send this SMS from your registered number.

If cylinder is not available then complain here

If the cylinder is not delivered even after being booked, you can lodge your complaint in many ways. For this, first of all you can call the toll free number. Indane Gas customers can call 1800-2333-555, Bharat Gas customers can call 1800-22-4344 and HP Gas customers can call 1800-2333-555.

Apart from this, you can also register your complaint by visiting the website of your gas company. For this, Indane customers can go to iocl.com and write their views in the ‘Feedback’ section. Whereas HP Gas customers can choose the option of ‘Grievance Redressal’ on myhpgas.in. Apart from this, Bharat Gas customers can visit my.ebharatgas.com
You can click on the ‘Feedback/Complaint’ link.

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You can also choose your gas company and complain about non-delivery through the government app UMANG. Here you also get a reference number of the complaint, through which you can also track the status of the complaint. Apart from all these methods, you can also post your complaint by tagging your gas company on X or other social media platforms.