Karnal, April 13 -- Complying with the Centre's guidelines, the Haryana government has made it mandatory for households and commercial users to switch from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to piped natural gas (PNG), in areas where a pipeline network has already been laid. Giving a three-month window, government has warned that non-compliance will lead to the halting of LPG connections after the deadline. A public notice issued by the Karnal additional deputy commissioner (ADC) reads that the households, in areas where authorised entity has already laid infrastructure or is in a position to supply natural gas to individual houses or to a common address within a housing area, are required to avail domestic PNG connections. "Accordingly, all households falling under such areas are hereby directed to apply within 3 months from the date of issuance of this notice," the notice read. Speaking to HT, ADC Rahul said that it has been notified that on expiry of three months period supply of LPG cylinders to such households shall be liable to be discontinued, in accordance with applicable guidelines. "We have sought proactive cooperation from high-end societies in the town and are organising camps. Bulk messaging is also being done. In past few weeks, there has been a good response," he said. Sharing data, the ADC said that total PNG domestic connections as on February 1, 2026, were 16,238 which rose to 17,484 on April 1 and further to 17,820 till April 11. In Ambala, the authorities say that they have received requests for industrial connections. They also informed that they have started discontinuing LPG connections for domestic consumers who have PNG, in compliance with an earlier order. DFSC Ambala, Nishant Rathee, said that his department has blocked 404 LPG connections recently, where the PNG supply is live. "We have issued 338 new domestic connections in the last one month. Similarly, 30 new commercial connections have been issued in same period, along with 120 new applications," he added....