(PTI)
PSU oil firms are delivering an average over 60 lakh LPG cylinders daily to consumers during the nationwide lockdown to feed household cooking needs, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday as he pushed companies to prepare to deliver three free cylinders to over 8 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries.
Pradhan interacted with dozens of district nodal officers of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) over video-conferencing to access the distribution of LPG cylinders in districts following the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent 21-day nationwide lockdown, an official statement said here. The district nodal officers (DNOs) of oil marketing companies are responsible for LPG deliveries in their assigned areas.