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Coimbatore: About 5 ,000 free LPG connections will be provided to underprivileged women in 70 villages in and around the district on April 20 to mark the Ujjwala Diwas. LPG refills will be delivered in rural areas within 48 hours of receiving the requests, the official said.To observe Ujjwala Diwas on April 20, 70 LPG Panchayats will be held in the 70 villages. So far, there are 1,041 households in the villages, of which we have given 920 LPG connections. This is done in an effort to make the villages free of biomass stoves and smoke,” Prathap said.By adding these two villages, the number of smokeless villages in the district will touch 18. They will be given free LPG connections on April 20,” district nodal officer of Indian Oil Corporation S Prathap said.Also, one village each from Coimbatore and Pollachi have been identified to be made smokeless villages, the official said..