(a) whether Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL) has asked the customers in R. K.
Puram, New Delhi PNG to surrender their LPG gas cylinders or to face action;
(b) if so, whether a mechanism is in place for the customers to get their
LPG connection back who shift later on to a colony where the piped gas is
not available; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N SINGH)
(a): In pursuance of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution)
Order, 2000, amended vide Notification dated 10.9.2009, all PNG customers have been
urged by the Indraprastha Gas Limited to deposit their domestic LPG cylinders/connection
provided by the Public Sector OMCs, in the “safe custody†of the LPG distributor within
60 days upon which they will be issued a Termination Voucher and the security deposit
will be refunded to them by the distributor.
(b) & (c): These consumers can get the domestic LPG connection back against the
security deposit of the same amount as mentioned in the Termination Voucher if, inter
alia, they later shift to an area where piped gas is not available.