CHENNAI: Residents in Tamil Nadu received deliveries of more than 117 lakh LPG refills as they prepared themselves for the three-week lockdown. This is the highest ever deliveries by state-owned oil marketing companies in a month.
Indane, the LPG brand of Indian Oil, delivered 68 lakh LPG cylinders. Normally, Indane delivers nearly 4 lakh refills a day or around 60 lakh a month. Other two, HO Gas and Bharat Gas delivered 49 lakh units cumulatively in March, as against a normal 45 lakh units.
LPG refills for homes were delivered on Sundays too, besides operating the bottling units on weekends. “This is the highest ever. We presume that the residents wanted to stock up cooking gas anticipating shortages,” an official at Indian Oil said.
