A disaster management committee has been constituted in Ernakulam district to beat the persisting disaster within the cooking gas distribution sector. The committee is chaired by District Collector G. Priyanka, with District Supply Officer S.R. Smitha serving because the convener.
The committee, which met at the Collector’s chamber at the civil space in Kakkanad to test disorders within the cooking gas sector, told that whereas the distribution of cylinders for home expend had been going on effortlessly, the provide of cylinders for business expend had been restricted.
Cylinder reserving would per chance be accredited excellent by the utility www.lpgtrackerkerala.in. Candidates have to submit their requests by including user number, company identify, identify of the institution, and a transient description of the institution. Applications that manufacture no longer maintain these shrimp print would per chance be rejected, an reliable free up acknowledged.
Out of the three,296 capabilities got at the district shield watch over room for cylinder availability, 1,412 maintain been resolved. A total of 1,884 capabilities that did no longer file predominant shrimp print equivalent to user number are pending.
Precedence within the distribution of business cylinders would per chance be given to hospitals, aged-age properties, orphanages, community kitchens, tutorial establishments, public sector establishments, and public crematoriums.
To end shaded marketing and hoarding of cooking gas cylinders, 9 inspection squads maintain been deployed. The assembly additionally told that steps to put into effect a PNG (piped natural gas) machine as a change to LPG maintain been being taken.
Published – March 29, 2026 12:09 am IST
