Govt may give you more time to keep your hearth burning

Although the department of food and civil supplies has fixed August 4 as the last day for submitting relevant documents on LPG connections, it may extend the deadline. Although the

department of food and civil supplies has fixed August 4 as the last day for submitting relevant documents on LPG connections, it may extend the deadline. On July 21, the department had

published a notice listing the connections which had been suspended or were under verification across the state. It said the errors could be corrected on the spot if consumers produced the

right documents within 15 days. However, department sources said the government was likely to give more time to consumers to save their gas connection. Thousands of consumers are facing

problems due to failure in producing their ration cards, electricity meter RR number and LPG gas customer number. The department admitted that there could be mistakes in the data entered. It

listed 27,74,646 cases where LPG consumers did not turn up to furnish their ration card or electricity meter RR number. There were 275,223 cases with no RR number. In 182,960 cases, the RR

numbers did not match with those  entered in electricity supply company charts provided to the department. BA Harish Gowda, secretary of the department, said those who had produced correct

RR number and still had their gas connections suspended could come to the department and get the data corrected by showing the electricity bill. People can meet the deputy commissioner, the

directors of taluk offices in rural areas to enter the correct data. The department ruled out the possibility of punishing people until it was proved that their gas connection was illegal.

The food and civil supplies department has deployed National Informatics Centre (NIC) officers to verify those cases where one electricity meter RR number is connected to more than one LPG

connection. The officers will verify each case by going from door to door. If a customer is not available, they will visit the house again. The department will  update the list of defaulters

every week.