The Government has come up with a big measure that would allow the consumers to choose or change their cooking gas dealer at just press of a button. That will end the monopoly enjoyed by the gas agencies that harass the common people. In addition, the consumers can now avail the LPG cylinders of 5kg at non-subsidised rate at retail petrol pump outlets.
Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has launched the sale of 5-kg cylinders in Bangalore on October 5. Initially, the sale will be restricted to COCO petrol pumps in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. Later, it will be expanded to 25 other cities, including Hyderabad, Vizag, Patna, Raipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Faridabad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Hubli, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Indore, Pune, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Kanpur and Dehradun.