Minister Seeks Extra LPG Cylinders To Telangana
To handle the increased demand, daily domestic cylinder supply has already been increased from the usual 2.15 lakh cylinders to about 2.3 lakh over the past two days.
Hyderabad: Civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy urged the Centre to provide additional commercial LPG cylinders to Telangana to tide over the current shortage, noting that the present supply was meeting only 20 per cent of demand. He said domestic LPG supplies were near‑normal, with around 2.15 lakh cylinders delivered daily through 8,010 distributors. However, commercial LPG deliveries had dropped sharply to roughly 6,200 cylinders per day against a typical requirement of 23,000.
A state‑level committee under the chief secretary and district‑level committees led by collectors have been formed to monitor the situation daily. The minister assured the LPG Distributors Association, which feared panic‑driven customer influx and law‑and‑order issues, of all possible help and protection.
Reviewing the situation with representatives of the Telangana LPG Distributors Association, the minister said the state government was working aggressively to ensure stable LPG supplies for domestic households.
