Puducherry: Ministry for petroleum and natural gas has agreed to supply cooking gas to every household in the Union Territory through pipelines in Yanam region enclave of Puducherry in AP, said Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy.
The Centre had agreed to the plea made by Puducherry government to provide cleaner fuel, liquid natural gas(LNG), through pipe line to the households for domestic use.
A pipe-line will be laid from the Godavari basin off the coast of Kakinada to Yanam for the purpose, said the Chief Minister. He was inaugurating the month-long ‘Oil and Gas conservation mass awareness programme’ organised by Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)in Puducherry on Wednesday.
“All necessary arrangements would be made available soon to start the work. Later the scheme will be extended to Karaikal and then to Puducherry,” said Mr Narayanasamy.
The government is also planning to give concessions in sales tax for the sale of the fuel by the Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) for the flights that would be operating from Puducherry airport.
Talking on the importance of energy conservation, the Chief Minister called up on the people to use petroleum products with most care and to conserve it to the extend possible.
“There is a need to conserve petroleum for the dual purpose of saving foreign exchange as importing of petroleum products is eating up a major portion of the National budget and also to save the environment,” he said.
