Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday distributed around 3,000 free LPG stoves under the free cooking gas scheme titled the Ujjwala Yojana in Mumbai. Launching the scheme with distributing free cooking gas connection with a stove, lighter and a cylinder trolley, costing a little over 6,000 rupees per connection, the Oil Minister said though the city has only 18 lakh households, there are 22 lakh LPG connections and 6 lakh PNG connections, indicating that many households still have multiple connections. Under the first phase, close to 5,000 BPL households in north Mumbai will be covered before mid-September, Mr. Pradhan said, adding the remaining households will be covered over the next two-three years.