More than 1.80 lakh women beneficiaries of the State have been provided domestic lPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, officials informed.
This scheme was inaugurated in Raipur on August 13 this year by Union Natural Gas and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a programme presided over by Chief Minister Raman Singh.
Maximum number of lPG connections under the scheme i.e. total 18,556 connections have been provided in Raipur district.
Till date, 15 236 women in Bilaspur district, 13 thousand 903 in Rajnandgaon district, 12 thousand 590 in Dhamtari district, 10 thousand 874 in Raigarh district, 10 thousand 561 in Mahasamund district, 10 thousand 159 in Janjgir-Champa district, nine thousand 80 in Gariaband district, nine thousand 77 in Balod district, eight thousand 565 in Durg district, eight thousand 13 in North Bastar (Kanker) district and seven thousand 15 in Korba district have been provided lPG connections under Ujjwala Yojana.
likewise, six thousand 887 in Mungeli district, six thousand 751 in Kabeerdham district, five thousand 787 in Jashpur district, five thousand 670 in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, four thousand 160 in Koriya district, four thousand 56 of Bemetara district, three thousand 630 of Sarguja district, three thousand 371 of Kondagaon district, two thousand 119 in Surajpur district, one thousand 615 in Bastar district, one thousand 430 in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 520 in South Bastar (Dantewada) district, 316 in Narayanpur district, 107 in Bijapur district and 81 in Sukma district have been benefited under the scheme.