Govt Orders Piped Gas Users To Surrender LPG Connection, Bars Retaining Or Refilling Cylinders

The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Saturday issued a notification, saying that households with both Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connection and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) subscription shall surrender the latter and also avoid getting cylinder refills government oil companies or their authorised distributors.

The notification was issued amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, which has disrupted the global fuel supply.

"No person having a Piped Natural Gas connection and also having a domestic LPG connection shall retain a domestic LPG connection, or take refills of domestic LPG cylinders from any Government oil company, or through their distributors. Such persons will be required to immediately surrender their domestic LPG connection," the notification by the Centre stated.