LPG Cylinders to be sold openly at Petrol Pumps and Gas Stations

No more queuing up for getting LPG Cylinders! Soon, the Commercial LPG Cylinders would be sold at Market rates at Petrol Pumps. The Petroleum Ministry is mulling out a new scheme under which the Cylinder would be sold through Petrol Pumps and Stations providing greater flexibility and freedom to the consumers.

The Scheme would be formally launched by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Veerappa Moily on 5th Oct 2013 in Bangalore.

This scheme allows sale of 5 kg LPG cylinders at market price with minimal paperwork through Company Owned Retail Outlets (Petrol Stations). This will be a boon to migratory population such as students, IT professionals, BPO employees and persons with odd duty timings as it would provide them the flexibility to pick up cylinders and obtain subsequent refills at time of their choice as Petrol Stations are open for longer hours.

This scheme is being launched in the cities of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore on a pilot basis through select Retail Outlets.

The total no. of outlets covered would be 11 outlets to begin with and a few more are expected to be added soon.

The 11 outlets are:

  1. BPC COCO Bannarghatta Bangalore
  2. HPC COCO HBR Bangalore
  3. IOC COCO Whitefield, K.R. Puram, Bangalore
  4. HPC COCO Vile Parle (West) Mumbai
  5. BPC COCO Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
  6. HPC COCO Acharya J C Road Kolkata
  7. HPC COCO Rajarhat, New Town Kolkata
  8. BPC COCO Alipore, Kolkata
  9. HPC COMCO, Madhavaram, Chennai
  10. IOC COCO Indiranagar Chennai
  11. BPC COCO Mogappair, Chennai