Bihar lifts ban on sale of 5 kg LPG cylinders

The Bihar government today lifted the ban on sale of 5 kg LPG cylinder, which it had imposed following evidence of their use in the serial blasts at Bodh Gaya in July last year.
A release by Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Shyam Rajak said he accepted the plea of oil companies to lift the ban on 5 kg small LPG cylinder taking into consideration the interest of small families and students.
The minister, who held a meeting with officials of leading companies like Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, told them to advertise asking the people to take connection of 5 kg cylinders from the companies' authorised outlets.

It was also discussed in the meeting that despite a ban, the 5 kg cylinder was sold rampantly in the market which the district administration was directed to stop, the release said.
Rajak drew the attention of oil companies towards complaints of consumers that they were not getting LJP cylinder 20 days after booking and asked them to ensure punctuality in the delivery.
The minister also asked the companies to keep cylinder godowns away from densely populated localities.
The oil companies' officials told the minister that action was taken for opening bottling plants in some districts, the release said.