Prime Minster Ujwala Yojana successfully implemented in Srikakulam

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Jun 26, 2017, 12:58 PM

Prime Minster Ujwala Yojana successfully implemented in Srikakulam

Andhra Pradesh: Srikakulam, June 26: The Prime Minster Ujwala Yojana (PMUY) and Deepam scheme were successfully implemented in the Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district.

The Srikakulam district would be declared on Sunday, as smoke- free as 90 per cent families have gas connections as on June 7.

In all, 2,70,677 families have been sanctioned gas connections so far across the district under Prime Minster Ujwala Yojana (PMUY) and Deepam.

In addition to it, another 12,957 connections were sanctioned to the poor as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Besides the above gas connections under various government schemes, 3,76,652 have general gas connections who are paying subsidy price to a cylinder.

Meanwhile, Out of the total 8,22,886 white card families, 6,47,329 families have been given gas connections so far across the district.

However, The total 1,75,557 families have yet to get gas connections and out of the 94,000 families have no eligibility to get gas connections due to various reasons.