Starting with North Eastern states, the three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) resumed issuing of new LPG connections after putting it on hold for a few weeks.
It is learnt that they have started issuing connections in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In September, issue of new LPG connections was put on hold pending a massive nationwide exercise to eliminate users having multiple connections at the same address.
New connections would be released in other states once the exercise to eliminate duplicate connections is completed. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura will follow suit shortly.
Prospective customers, who have registered for new LPG connections till October 15 with gas distributors of oil marketing companies — IOC, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and who do no posses LPG connection, can now avail of a subsidised new LPG connection, IOC said in a statement.
The same for customers in J&K, HP, Manipur and Tripura will be announced soon, it said. IOC said though oil firms had stopped releasing new connections pending completion of de-duplication process, they had continued to accept registration of new allotments.
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