Food and Civil Supplies Minister to hold meeting to discuss LPG crisis

Bengaluru: Amid auto LPG shortage across the state, Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa on Monday said he would hold a meeting on April 10 (Friday) to resolve the crisis. 

Representatives of private oil companies, union government officials, Indian Oil Corporation coordinators, police and senior state government officials would take part in the meeting, he added. 

After hearing the grievances of the auto drivers' associations, Muniyappa admitted that they are in distress. 

"Around 3,000 auto LPG cylinders are being supplied by the central government daily. But the private suppliers have increased the price. This is causing inconvenience to auto drivers," Muniyappa said. 

"The energy or fuel crisis is there across the world. If the Centre had planned to get the energy supplies from Russia a month in advance, this situation would not have arisen," he said.