Srinagar Municipal Commissioner (SMC) Riyaz Ahmed Wani distributed free gas connections to more than 200 women belonging to BPL families under Ujjwala Scheme.
The scheme is launched by union ministry of petroleum and CAPD department is the implementing agency in the J&K. The function was organized by Indane distributo , Kashmir Gas Agency at Haft Chinar, Srinagar.
Deputy director, CAPD, Mohammad Aslam appealed to the people of the valley to come forward with documents for all required formalities to take the benefit of the scheme.
Jagmohan Singh Raina, propreitor of Kashmir Gas Agency, and Pervez Khan, Manager, Indian Oil also spoke on the occasion and stressed to complete the target of Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) in the larger interest of female population of Jammu and Kashmir. They appealed that the beneficiary may apply for new LPG gas connection under E-PMUY scheme by filing the prescribed “Know Your Customer (KYC)” application along with the supplementary KYC and undertaking for expanded PMUY and submitting the same to the LPG distributors. The gas connections are free of cost under the declared categories notified by the government.