The liquid petroleum gas dealers have stopped supply of the gas in Kathmandu from Wednesday. They have stopped the supply as per the decision of Liquid Petroleum Gas Dealers' Association (LPGDA). LPGDA took this decision protesting Nepal Oil Corporation's (NOC) denial to allow import of gas as per the demand.
The association stopped transportation of gas cylinders to the valley from Sunday and stopped distribution of cylinders after the stock was over. The association said that it would launch protest programs from Thursday in co-ordination with the industries' associations and would stop the supply of gas across the nation.
LPGDA's general secretary Gyaneshwore Aryal informed it had proposed to the industries' associations about a joint protest program and that discussions were underway in this regard.
Aryal also said the association would protest by stopping the sale through the dealers all over the country, holding demonstrations in front of the NOC office with empty cylinders and locking out the corporation office.
LP gas importers have said that the government has not increased the quotas of license and due to the limited import quotas; consumers have to face gas shortage frequently.
Importers have demanded distribution of import license as per the demand, increase of import fare by 21 percent, and specification of separate import rate for recycling center.
The gas importers have claimed that NOC was supplying only 75,00 thousand metric tons of gas in the market where as demand is of 10 thousands metric tons per month.
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