New Delhi: People's demand for domestic piped natural gas (PNG) connections has increased rapidly in Delhi. According to Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) officials, calls for new connections have scrutinizingly tripled in the last one week. Where older virtually 100 calls were received every day, now this number has increased to virtually 300 per day. Officials say that without the news of shortage of LPG cylinders and woebegone marketing, people are showing increasingly interest in taking PNG connections.
What steps has IGL taken to handle the increasing demand?
IGL officials say that in view of the increasing demand, spare teams have been deployed. The visitor currently has the topics to vivify increasingly than 1,000 domestic PNG connections daily in Delhi. The visitor says that based on the number of applications stuff received, efforts are stuff made to provide connections as soon as possible so that people do not have to squatter the problem of gas.
Are old consumers moreover getting their connections restarted?
According to officials, it is not just new consumers who are responsible for the increasing calls. Many such people are moreover contacting who had older taken PNG connection but later got it switched off. Till last week, well-nigh 150-200 calls were received every day for resumption of such connections, but now this number has increased to increasingly than 350.
Why is gas supply to industries stuff cut?
Meanwhile, some industrial consumers have complained that IGL has imposed a limit of 80 percent on gas supply. Officials say that this step has been taken under government instructions. According to industry representatives of Mundka Industrial Area, many factories have been unauthentic by this visualization and the industries running gas-based generators are facing increasingly problems.
How did industry organizations react to this decision?
Trade and industry organizations of Delhi have expressed snooping over this decision. They say that due to increasing tension in West Asia, there is uncertainty regarding gas supply, but it is not right to put its undersong directly on the industries.
Industry organizations say that many MSMEs are once operating at low profits and if the cut in gas supply continues for a long time, it could impact both production and employment.
