The Nepal LP Gas Industry Association has urged consumers not to hoard gas cylinders unnecessarily, assuring that the import and supply of cooking gas is running normally.
The Nepal LP Gas Industry Association has asked consumers not to stock more gas cylinders than they actually need. This request came after a temporary shortage of LP gas was seen in the market recently. According to the association, the import and supply of gas is regular, and the current problem only occurred because consumers rushed to fill their backup cylinders all at the same time.
No Reduction in Gas Imports
Diwan Chand, who is the president of the association, said that there is no decrease in amount of gas coming from India. He mentioned that even now, around 100 bullets of gas are entering Nepal every day, which is the same as previous times.
“The supply is happening in the same quantity that Nepal Oil Corporation used to bring and give us,” President Chand said. He added that the temporary shortage in market happened only because people started keeping extra cylinders as backup. He believes that if people stop hoarding gas more than they need, the current problem will be solved very easily.
Distribution and Current Gas Data
Another member of the LP Gas Industry Association, Bimal Kalakheti, said they had suggested to distribute the fully filled cylinders quickly. However, there was some delay in doing this, which created the current situation. He assured that gas is coming in required amounts just like normal times, so there will be no problem in supply.
Right now, there are about 1 crore 50 lakh LP gas cylinders in use all over Nepal. Out of these, around 50 lakh cylinders are currently at different gas depots. The government had started distributing half-filled gas cylinders from Falgun 28. Currently, there are 59 LP gas industries operating in Nepal.
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