Now, LPG refills reach consumers regularly
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 05 2016 :
Subsequent upon considerable improvement in supply and distribution of LPG in the State, many consumers of Khongnang Gas, Bishnupur too have started receiving refills regularly which was quite unimaginable a few months back.
Khongnang Gas has around 12868 active consumers presently.
Though none of these consumers have received 11 or 12 refills this financial year, a large number of consumers have received more than the average rate of LPG consumption in a year.
As per the calculation of IOC, seven refills are assumed to be the average annual consumption rate of domestic LPG by a household.
According to official reports furnished by Khongnang Gas today, one of its consumers received 10 refills while nine refills each have been issued to 96 consumers.
So far 506 consumers of Khongnang Gas have received eight refills each which is above the average annual LPG consumption rate.
689 consumers have also been issued seven refills each.
The distributor has issued refills to consumers who made their bookings on February 3 or earlier, as per official records.
However, the last date of booking it cited as eligibility date for claiming refills when it distributed refills today was December 26 .
The distributor has been distributing 248.28 refills in a day on the average and 2113 of its consumers are awaiting refills.
Imphal LPG which has around 10137 active consumers has issued 12 refills each to 47 consumers, as per official records obtained on February 3.Although majority of the consumers of Imphal LPG have received only one to three refill(s), there are many consumers who have been issued eight to 11 refills .