New Delhi, April 20 -- More than 39,000 piped natural gas (PNG) consumers have surrendered their LPG connections following a government appeal amid concerns over LPG supply due to the ongoing West Asia crisis, a senior official said on Monday.

Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing & Oil Refinery) at the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, shared the update during an inter-ministerial briefing on recent developments in West Asia.

She said the government had urged consumers who have both PNG and LPG connections to surrender their LPG connections to ease supply pressures.

"Since March, about 4,93,000 new PNG connections have been installed and around 5,51,000 new consumers have been registered," she said.

Addressing concerns over ...