Dehradun, April 7:
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, in a letter to Union Petroleum and Natural
Gas Minister Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, has requested to allocate the quota of 30
thousand kilo liters of kerosene per quarter in the state. CM will also talks
with Shri Reddy tomorrow (today) in this regard.
In a letter to the Union Minister,
Chief Minister Bahuguna said that the kerosene quota to be supplied by the Central
Government to State for the quarter was 26 712 Kilo Litre which has been
reduced 9108 KL. He informed the Union Minister that Char Dham Yatra which
would begin on April 23, 2012 was expected to witness inflow of two to three
crore pilgrims, and for this an additional fuel quota was required. In a letter
to the Minister he conveyed that currently there were 30 lakh 47 thousand families
in the state, but the gas connections were only 18 lakh 93 thousand 233. He
mentioned that 52 percent of the families in the state were depended on the conventional
source of fuel like wood and kerosene. He said if 52 percent of these families were
provided kerosene then the there would be less degradation of forest area and
the environment. He has urged the Central Government to allocate 30,000 KL of
kerosene quarterly looking into the demands of local people and the pilgrims
visiting the state. The Chief Minister also discussed the matter with State Food
and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr Pritam Singh at his residence. Also present on
the occasion was Commissioner & Secretary, Food, Mr. Suberddhan.
