New Delhi, March 30 -- Enforcement efforts over the past 24 hours resulted in nearly 2,500 raids under the Enforcement Act, leading to the seizure of 2,000 cylinders, according to the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas amid the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) shortage concerns triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict. It added that PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) issued over 500 show-cause notices after conducting surprise inspections.

It informed that all states and UTs except Delhi have established control rooms to tackle LPG black marketing and hoarding.

"More than 2,500 raids were conducted across States/UTs in the past 24 hours, with over 2,000 cylinders seized. Enforcement efforts need to be strengthened in certain States/UT...