Nagaland becomes first Northeast state to sell 5 kg LPG cylinders

Dimapur, March 14 (EMN): Nagaland on Monday became the first state in the Northeast to launch the sale of 5 kg free trade LPG (FTL) cylinders through fair price shops.

V Lovitoly Sema, Director, Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) department, launched the programme in the presence of the chairman, GB, and NFSA beneficiaries of Walford colony, Dimapur along with the officers and staff of F&CS.

The launching programme was held at M/s V Phushika Awomi Fair Price Shop, Walford, Dimapur and was chaired by I Anungba Sanglir, Deputy Director, Food and Civil Supplies, Dimapur. 

During the launching programme, Sema stated that ‘sale of 5 kg FTL Cylinder through FPSs’ is one of the Ministry’s programmes for transforming and improving the viability of FPS for sustainability and effective delivery of targeted PDS at the FPS level.

Through this scheme, 78 selected FPSs under Dimapur Sadar, will get mapped with the nearest gas agency of IOCL and the particular FPS will cater to the service of the general public in the surrounding area. She also stated that the department has tied up withthe IOCL and has taken the initiative to launch the scheme keeping in mind the needs of the public including migrant population with no current address proof, students/ young professionals and households with limited LPG consumption.

H Thangzamuan, Manager (CC&LPG-S) Dimapur LSA-I, OICL gave a brief report on the scheme.

In the first phase, the department has launched the ‘sale of chhotu cylinder’ under Dimapur-Sadar and gradually it will be rolled out in the rest of the districts, it stated.

FPS dealers in Nagaland have been asked to avail the facility provided for their additional income and also to make the LPG available to the public at their doorstep.