Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 22: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Department of Information and Public Relations, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today said that around 3 lakh LPG connections have been issued in J&K under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
The Minister said this at a function organised by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at SKICC here today to distribute new connections under PMUY.
The Minister said he was apprehensive about the success of the scheme initially, however, the unwavering support from his staff and the oil companies helped in smooth implementation of the scheme. He informed so far under the scheme around three lakh gas connections were provided to females living BPL. The Minister said entire credit for the grand success of the scheme goes to the employees of FCS&CA and oil companies as without their hard work the results at this short notice would not have been possible.
He said the fall out of the unclean fuel is clearly highlighted by World Health Organization’s report, which reads that in India around five lakh females using conventional forms of unclean fuel suffer with chronic chest diseases annually.
The Minister said he ensured that no politics is played during the implementation of the scheme so that the deserving people avail its benefits. He said this was the reason why he travelled extensively across the State to ensure that the benefit reaches to real people only.
He said after getting reports that some deserving people have not found their name in the beneficiary list, the issue was taken with up with the Centre and a new scheme is coming for them soon.
The Minister informed that the Government is working hard to bring “natural gas pipe line” from Bathinda, Punjab to J&K so that the consumers can get gas through pipe in their homes like they receive water supply.
He said the credit for the successful implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the State primarily goes to FCS&CA employees only, who despite bearing the brunt from people in early days worked hard to make them understand the essence of the scheme.
Asking the employees to make conscious efforts to better their services, the Minister said they are holding a noble job of distributing food grains among the people and no lapse should be made in this regard.
The Minister in the end distributed gas vouchers among beneficiaries.
Secretary, FCS&CA, Shafiq Ahmad Raina, Director, FCS&CA Nissar Ahmad Wani, Senior Regional Manager, HPCL and representatives from other oil companies were present in the function.
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