Stock position of essentials reviewed at Gbl
GANDERBAL: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal Mehraj-ud-Din Shah on Friday chaired a meeting of officers to review the stock position of essentials in the District.
At the outset, threadbare discussion was held on stock position of essential Commodities, LPG connections and kerosene oil requirement.
The ADC directed Assistant Director FCS&CA to make adequate stocks of all essential commodities available in the District so that routine hassle free supply to the consumers is ensured.
He also passed several instructions to the concerned for ensuring all households have LPG connections and appropriate exercise shall be carried at Tehsil level to find out the requirements of Kerosene oil for illumination and cooking purposes only by the households in the district.
Tehsil Supply Officers of FCS&CA department were directed to initiate an appropriate exercise at their respective circle levels in collaboration with Revenue authorities and LPG associates to find out the households of the District who are without LPG connections.
“This will help to make LPG available to such households as the Government of J&K is contemplating to declare the UT of Jammu and Kashmir as Kerosene free by March 31 of 2023 owing to optimum penetration of LPG and almost complete electrification of all the villages of J&K,” the spokesman said.
Furthermore, they were directed to initiate an appropriate exercise at their respective circle levels in collaboration with Revenue authorities and Kerosene oil associates to find out the requirement of Kerosene oil for illumination and cooking only, if any, by the households of the district.
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