Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is all set to increase the coverage of Ujjwala connection in Jharkhand to meet 100 per cent outreach target of identified families.
IOC executive director and Jharkhand - Bihar state head of the corporation Vibhash Kumar said, out of the 45.33 lakh eligible families in the state just32.2 lakhs have been provided with the connection during the Ujwall. 2 programme. The company is all set to provide connections under this scheme to the remaining of the identified families.
He said the LPG connection in the state is available to 35 lakh families and attempts are on to expand it to rural areas where people can afford it.
He said our main focus is to ask ujwall users to continue refilling. According to Kumar, about 50% of existing ujjwala beneficiaries have not refilled their connection after April 1/22 despite being provided a subsidy of Rs 237.74 per refill.
He asked media persons to spread the message of safety of LPG use so that the rural households who are not using LPG despite having a ujjwala connection start its use again.
Kumar said, IOC is upgrading its pumps for CNG and electrical run vehicle's. As the use of electrical vehicles increases IOC pumps across states would set up fast electrical charging stations. Besides we want to harness solar power thus have decided to have rooftop solar plants at every petrol pump.
He gave details on petrol and diesel consumption in the state.
Veena Kumari, deputy general manager coordination and ND Mathur of retails were present during the press conference.