Trees, forests and environment are safe due to expansion of LPG gas connection
Chief Minister attended the annual conference organized by Chhattisgarh Indane LPG Distributors Association
Attended the felicitation ceremony of LPG distributors
Raipur, 10 January 2024: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has said that LPG gas connection has reached every house in every village through Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, due to which our trees are safe, our forests are safe and our environment is also safe. Due to this, our mothers and sisters are also safe from the problems caused by smoke. The Chief Minister was addressing the annual conference and felicitation ceremony of LPG distributors organized by Chhattisgarh Indane LPG Distributors Association at a private hotel in the capital Raipur today. Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap, MLA Purandar Mishra were present as special guests in the program. The guests including the Chief Minister honored the LPG distributors who have been distributing and refilling gas connections for 25 years by presenting them mementos. On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that you all deserve congratulations for the work you did in providing gas connections to people in the initial challenging phase. The way the facility of domestic gas has become easy today, the Petroleum Ministry of the Government of India as well as the distributors associated with this work have an important role behind it. In recent years, the number of domestic gas consumers has increased rapidly. A large number of consumers joined due to the Ujjwala Yojana of our illustrious Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At present, there are more than 12 crore consumers of this scheme.
The Chief Minister said that our Indane dealers are not only in urban areas, but they are also providing their services with full dedication in tribal areas. Ujjwala Yojana has become the most successful scheme today because the network of dealers of agencies like Indane is spread to the innermost areas. The dealers who have been honored today have done a very good job in the field of consumer service. Ujjwala Yojana has freed crores of women from smoke. The credit for this goes not only to our Prime Minister but also to you who ensured timely delivery of gas in every house. On this occasion, the Chief Minister recalled his school days and said that in those days he himself used to cook food by burning wood. During rainy season, wood used to remain wet, then wood had to be burnt by pouring kerosene on it, eyes used to become red while burning wood. We had to come to Raigarh, 150 kms away, for refilling. We had to wait for one and a half to two years for gas connection. MPs used to get 100 coupons in a year for getting gas connection. There was a competition among people for this. During Atal Ji’s rule and later, it became easier, it became easier for the public to get gas connection. He stressed on the need to increase the percentage of refilling in tribal areas and rural areas.
Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma congratulated and wished all the distributors who were being honored. He said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai, in one year, work has been done on a large scale to bring purity in the work of governance and procedural changes. This has made things easier for the people. Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap said that due to your activeness LPG gas connection reached every house, which helped in conservation of forests. He said that today there are more than 35 crore gas connections in the country. The welcome speech was given by the President of the Association Vikas. Indane’s Divisional LPG Sales Head Rupesh Rathore also expressed his views. On this occasion, the officials and distributors of the organization were present in large numbers.