LPG Shortage in Pokhara
Paucity of cooking gas has had a telltale impact on almost every household, especially on students living as tenants in Pokhara.
“I search for a cylinder of gas everyday, but end up frustrated at the end after scouting the entire bazaar,” said Manju Sharma of Nayabazaar, “Though I’ve also deposited certain amount with a local gas trader in advance, it appears I will have to wait for a long time.”
Sharma and hundreds of others vented their ire at the nonchalant attitude of the local administration.
“If on the one hand, they have done nothing to ensure smooth supply of cooking gas for the past on-and-a-half months; on the other, they’ve ignored to prevent black-marketing as traders only oblige big hotels and shops,” Sharma said.
Amidst the charges, the district monitoring committee of Kaski raided a number of LPG depots in Pokhara today.
“We monitored the depots, but except for one, we found all the other depots had run out of stock,” said Kaski Assistant Chief District Officer Chandranath Gautam, adding that 50 full LPG cylinders were found at Samriddhi Traders at Ranipauwa.
Besides Samriddhi traders, DNR Traders at Lakeside, Rushri Traders in Jarebahar and Ashok Asmit Traders at Zero Kilometre were monitored today.
Meanwhile, LPG Traders’ Association Kaski chairperson Narayan Poudel clarified that the gas crunch had to do with repairs of the gas plant in India. “The scarcity will end as soon as repairs at the plant in Barauni, India, is completed,” he said.
Chief of Nepal Oil
Corporation Lekhnath, Manoj Thakur confirmed the reason behind the gas crunch.
Every month 100,000
LPG cylinders consumes Pokhara. Two dozen of LPG traders are in Pokhara
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