Government’s big decision amid gas shortage: LPG cylinder will not be available if there is PNG connection in the house

New Delhi, March 14. Amidst the worldwide energy crisis due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, raids have been intensified in India too to stop black marketing and illegal storage of LPG cylinders in every city. In view of this, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has issued a new and important order regarding domestic gas connections.

According to the ministry’s order, people who have piped natural gas (PNG) connection in their homes will no longer be able to have a simultaneous domestic LPG connection. This means that such consumers will have to surrender their LPG cylinder connections immediately.

The ministry has clarified that those who have PNG connections will not be able to get refill of LPG cylinders from government oil companies or their distributors. This step has been taken with the aim of making the domestic gas management and distribution system better organized and effective.

The Government believes that keeping both PNG and LPG connections together leads to inequity in gas supply, abuses and unnecessary dual use of resources. Therefore, through this restriction, consumers are being forced to arrange gas from a single source, thereby ensuring transparency and savings in supply.

This order is especially for those consumers who already have PNG connections in their homes. For their convenience, the Ministry has asked them to surrender their domestic LPG connections as soon as possible, otherwise the supply of LPG cylinders to them will be stopped.