Public sector oil marketing companies have strengthened and continued surprise inspections and imposed penalties on 232 LPG distributorships and suspended 56 LPG distributorships on Tuesday, as enforcement actions continue across the country to curb hoarding and black marketing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) said.
The MoPNG said that government has conducted more than 2,950 raids across the country on Monday. In Kerala, the ministry added that state civil supplies officials seized approximately 500 illegally stored gas cylinders from a private gas agency premises in Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram on April 11.
According to the MoPNG, domestic LPG supply continues to be affected by the prevailing geopolitical situation, however, no dry-outs have been reported at LPG distributorships. It added that online LPG bookings have increased to about 98 percent across the industry on Monday, and Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) based deliveries have increased to around 92 percent.
