Karnataka seeks Centre’s intervention to resume new LPG connections, with 36,000 applications pending

Karnataka seeks Centre’s intervention to resume new LPG connections, with 36,000 applications pending left The process of issuing new domestic LPG connections was halted following the global LPG crisis, leaving eligible households waiting for connections for several months, say Food and Civil Supplies Minister Rizwan Arshad. SUDHAKARA JAIN SUDHAKARA JAIN https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/abcvki/article71593953.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/_JAI2206.JPG SUDHAKARA JAIN A worker from a domestic gas agency unloading LPG cylinders, in Bengaluru on Monday, March 23, 2026. Photo: Sudhakara Jain/The Hindu 36,000 applications pending in State as of August 2026, says Minister Rizwan Arshad Bengaluru Food and Civil Supplies Minister Rizwan Arshad has urged Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri to direct oil marketing companies to resume the issuance of new domestic LPG connections in Karnataka, citing around 36,000 pending applications as of August 2026. In a letter to Mr. Puri, Mr.