Agartala, Mar 31: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced to provide one lakh LPG
connections to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by next
100 days as part of PM’s mission of smoke free India.
Flagging off an awareness campaign of the scheme in motorized
vehicle today Deb stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched PMUY
long back but Tripura is yet to get the full benefit of the scheme because the
previous government had failed to propagate such benevolent initiative of the
central government.
He said at present about 53.68 per cent of the households have LPG connections in the state and poor families stake is only a few thousands. Tripura has registered more than 67 per cent families living below poverty line (BPL).
“I have already requested Indian Oil authority to provide one lakh LPG connections to poor women under PMUY by next 100 days and hopefully we shall be able to achieve the target”, he said adding that the Prime Minister had introduced the scheme for millions of poor women after realizing the trouble faced by them while cooking.
The smoke from burning of firewood, cow dung and others caused serious health problem for women. The LPG connection to the poor families would certainly reduce healthcare burden of the government and all the state governments were asked to achieve the goal.
Deb said the scheme had been launched in 2016 while it was implemented in Tripura on September 2017. Why did the then Left government delay the implementation? he asked. A total of 50 mobile vehicles have been pressed into service to garner awareness of the PMUJ.
Tripura has a total of 5.03 lakh LPG consumers who are served by 63 LPG distributors. Total Ujjwala connections released so far in the state is 44,623 whereas eligible households for the benefit were more than four lakh, the chief minister added. UNI
He said at present about 53.68 per cent of the households have LPG connections in the state and poor families stake is only a few thousands. Tripura has registered more than 67 per cent families living below poverty line (BPL).
“I have already requested Indian Oil authority to provide one lakh LPG connections to poor women under PMUY by next 100 days and hopefully we shall be able to achieve the target”, he said adding that the Prime Minister had introduced the scheme for millions of poor women after realizing the trouble faced by them while cooking.
The smoke from burning of firewood, cow dung and others caused serious health problem for women. The LPG connection to the poor families would certainly reduce healthcare burden of the government and all the state governments were asked to achieve the goal.
Deb said the scheme had been launched in 2016 while it was implemented in Tripura on September 2017. Why did the then Left government delay the implementation? he asked. A total of 50 mobile vehicles have been pressed into service to garner awareness of the PMUJ.
Tripura has a total of 5.03 lakh LPG consumers who are served by 63 LPG distributors. Total Ujjwala connections released so far in the state is 44,623 whereas eligible households for the benefit were more than four lakh, the chief minister added. UNI
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