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Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar connected Friday directed officials and state companies to accelerate the enlargement of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) infrastructure crossed the State, describing it s a cardinal alternate to LPG for households and institutions.
Chairing a high-level reappraisal gathering astatine the Secretariat with representatives of PNG companies and elder officials from assorted departments, Mr. Manohar said the NDA authorities was committed to ensuring uninterrupted and affordable cooking state entree to the public.
Mr. Manohar said the authorities would widen afloat practice to the PNG companies by facilitating faster permissions for enlargement work, peculiarly successful the municipality and semi-urban areas. He assured that issues related to onshore allotment for PNG filling stations would besides beryllium addressed connected precedence basis.
The Minister stressed the request for extended consciousness campaigns crossed each districts to promote radical to displacement from LPG to PNG connections. He directed the companies to organise peculiar outreach programmes and publicity drives, highlighting the safety, convenience and cost-saving benefits of PNG usage.
To code manpower requirements successful the expanding PNG sector, the authorities planned to bid younker successful method skills related to PNG operations done the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation. Students from ITIs, polytechnics and accomplishment institutions would person specialised training, accommodation, stipend and employment opportunities done partnerships with state companies.
Mr. Manohar besides announced plans to impact women self-help groups done SERP and MEPMA successful promoting PNG adoption among households. Incentives and consciousness programmes would beryllium introduced to fortify information of women’s groups successful the enlargement process.
The Minister further said that each large temples conducting annadanam programmes would beryllium mandated to follow PNG. He said issues delaying PNG implementation astatine temples specified arsenic Kanaka Durga temple and Srikalahasteeswara temple would beryllium resolved quickly.
Special guidelines were besides being prepared to simplify PNG usage and subsidy benefits for tenants surviving successful rented houses and apartments. The Minister said the authorities was moving to guarantee that PNG users proceed receiving benefits nether the Deepam-2 subsidy scheme.
Mr. Manohar warned that the show of PNG companies would beryllium reviewed again aft 15 days and insisted that disposable advancement beryllium achieved successful enlargement targets crossed Andhra Pradesh.
Transport Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy participated successful the gathering done video-conference.
