Agitating Gas dealers will resume the supply of cooking gas from Monday. The dealers had stopped gas supply putting forward some demands to the government. The stoppage has been inflicting gas crisis worsened in the Kathmandu valley.
Gas dealers agreed to continue gas supply after the discussions between the officials of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and LP gas dealers Association. Both parties have agreed to solve ten point problems of the dealers within ten days.
Earlier on Sunday, LPG dealers and distributors submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala seeking his intervention to resolve the problem soon.
LPG dealers, distributors and retailers had formed a joint struggle committee with representatives from LP Gas Distributor Association, LP Gas Dealers Association, LP Gas Retailers Association and Nepal Gas Dealer Association to pressurize the government for their demands to be heard.
About six LPG-filled tankers have understood to have been stranded at Birgunj-Raksaul border for the last two weeks.
The LPG bottling companies were on strike for the last two weeks completely halting import of the cooking gas. Their two major demands include increase of current quota to up to 10,000 metric tones per month and compensation on loss of transportation be provided.
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