The Telangana government has assured citizens that there would be uninterrupted supply of LPG to domestic consumers, amid growing concerns triggered by geopolitical tensions in West Asia.
Civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy held a high-level video conference with representatives of oil companies, senior officials of the civil supplies department, and police authorities to address the issue.
Reddy said there was no shortage of domestic LPG in Telangana and urged citizens to avoid panic booking based on unverified social media rumours.
The state maintains about 10,611 metric tonnes of LPG in stock, equivalent to roughly 6.97 lakh (697,000) cylinders, and has a robust LPG network with around 12.9 million active domestic connections serviced by 810 distributors.
The government has aligned with national guidelines to set the minimum booking gap at 25 days for urban consumers and 45 days for rural consumers to prevent diversion of subsidized domestic cylinders to commercial or hoarding purposes.
Dedicated coordination committees have been established at both state and district levels to monitor real-time stock, distribution, and compliance across the state.
The minister appealed for public cooperation, advising reliance on official channels for updates and reiterated the government's commitment to ensure deliveries meeting genuine requirement of households and ensuring equitable access during this period of global uncertainty.
