Hyderabad, April 1 -- The Telangana government convened a meeting on Wednesday, April 1, to review the ongoing shortage of Auto Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supply with representatives from private companies.

Commissioner of Civil Supplies Department, M Stephen Raveendra, held a meeting in Hyderabad with Aegis Gas, Super Gas, Go Gas, Total Energies, Prime Gas, Extra Gas, and Uni Gas at the Civil Supplies Bhavan. These companies control 80 per cent of the auto LPG market share with 110 outlets across the state.

Emphasising the critical need due to the ongoing war in the Middle East, Commissioner Raveendra issued directives to source and import LPG from all available channels. Any failure to maintain adequate supply levels will result in...