After 5 kg LPG cylinder ‘Chotu’, Indian Oil to launch 2 kg ‘Munna’ in Northeast markets: Report
Also Read: Indian Oil Corp board to consider fundraising through rights issue on July 7; check details Ramesh said bottling units for ‘Munna’ will be launched in Tripura and North Guwahati soon. “These lightweight LPG cylinders are catering to migrant population in urban and semi-urban areas who do not have local address proof, people with lower gas consumption and commercial establishments with limited space.
'Munna’ will be particularly helpful for people in hilly areas as it will be easy to carry, according to Ramesh. The per kg price of ‘Munna’ is nearly same as the regular domestic cylinder, while non-domestic ‘Chotu’ (free trade LPG cylinder) is a little higher.
The response for ‘Chotu’ has been good in the region, with about 60,000-65,000 units sold last fiscal and another 15,000 units in the first quarter of the current financial year, he explained. Currently, Indian Oil has 871 LPG distributorships in the northeast, with an active customer base of 91 lakh out of the total LPG customer base of 112 lakh in the region, which is approximately 81 per cent of the total LPG connections covering the highest market share of 87 per cent in the seven states.
In order to have LPG bottling infrastructure in all northeast states, projects are being planned in Meghalaya and Mizoram – the two states which did not have such facilities so far. A new 30 thousand metric tonnes per annum (TMTPA) LPG bottling plant at Umiam, Meghlaya, at an approved cost of ₹75.54 crore is currently underway.
A new 30 TMTPA bottling plant in Mualkhang, Mizoram, at an estimated cost of ₹193 crore is being considered, explained Ramesh. Plans for setting up of new depots or greenfield petroleum oil lubricants (POL) locations are also underway in Umran,
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