Every household has now LPG connection in Himachal Pradesh: CM Jai Ram Thakur

SHIMLA: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said that Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country where cent percent households have LPG gas connections. He said that collecting fuel wood and cooking food on traditional chullah was not only cumbersome, but also had adverse affects on health of the women.
He said that it caused adverse affects on the environment as lakhs of trees were cut for fuel wood. Providing LPG connections to every household of state has not only saved the womenfolk from ill effects of kitchen smoke, but also helped in the conservation of environment.
While interacting with the beneficiaries of Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojna through video conferencing from Shimla on Monday, Jai Ram Thakur said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first tenure envisioned a scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojna, under which gas connections were provided free of cost to poor women of rural areas. As many as 1.36 lakh families of the state were benefitted under this scheme.
He said that on the call of Prime Minister crores of people of the country voluntarily surrendered their subsidy. The state government had launched Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojna to cover the left out families of the state, who were not covered under the Central scheme.
He said that the Corona pandemic has forced people to completely change their way of interaction. He requested the womenfolk to keep strict vigil on the people coming home from other states, who have been kept in-home quarantine so that they do not jump home quarantine. He said that this would help in checking the spread of this virus at community level.
Several beneficiaries of this scheme also interacted with the chief minister including Beasa Devi of Bilaspur district, Chinta Devi from Balichowki, Meenu Thakur of Bharmour, Kamini Devi from Kangra district, Meena Devi from Kullu district, Gulnaas from Sirmaur district, Deepika from Lahaul-Spiti district, Shrestha from Shimla district, Sonia Devi from Hamirpur district, Saroj Bala from Una district shared their experiences with the chief minister that how this scheme has changed their lives.