Only half of the households in urban slums fully depend onLPG(liquefied natural gas supplied in cylinders) for cooking, while the rest continue to use traditional fuels — either as a supplement or exclusive Source Of Energy — due to issues of affordability, availability and taste preference.
According to a CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water) study of clean energy access in six states, 16% of the 656 households surveyed in 83 slums acrossBihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand,Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh Home to a quarter of Indias urban slum Population still use highly-polluting traditional fuels such as firewood, dung cakes, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture residue, charcoal, and kerosene as their primary source of energy for cooking.
The study says 12% of the surveyed households did not seek LPG connection, even though they were aware of the governments Ujjwala scheme envisaging freeLPG connectionto poor households. The high recurring expenditure on refills deter them from procuring an LPG connection.