(TOI)
About 5,000 free LPG connections will be provided to underprivileged women in 70 villages in and around the district on April 20 to mark the Ujjwala Diwas. The initiative has been taken up by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas as part as part of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Indian Oil Corporation officials said here on Wednesday.“We have received around 5,000 ‘know your customer’ (KYC) forms from families in 70 villages in and around Coimbatore. They have been classified under categories such as people from SC/ST communities, people who had received houses under the PM Awas Yojana, forest dwellers and tea estate workers. They will be given free LPG connections on April 20,” district nodal officer of Indian Oil Corporation S Prathap said.
