. KATHMANDU: The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has held discussions on the issue of resolving the problem of shortage of cooking gas seen in the market in recent period.
The meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Govinda Bahadur Karki reviewed the reasons for shortage of cooking gas in the market and the role of concerned ministries, departments, industrialists and gas distribution entrepreneurs to resolve the issue. During the discussion, the entrepreneurs said that there is no shortage of gas as rumored in the market.
Entrepreneurs said that the government had started distributing 14.2 kg gas cylinders to ease the supply of 7.1 kg gas cylinders after the West Asian conflict.
Entrepreneurs have said that more gas is being imported than before, but consumers are storing more than needed. The meeting also decided to intensify the necessary coordination and management among the bodies concerned to make the distribution more effective, regular and smooth in the districts where there is a problem in the supply of gas. The meeting has also decided to make arrangements to import more than 50,000 metric tonnes LP gas every month for the next three months in view of the high demand during the upcoming Dashain and festivals. Chief Secretary Karki said that he would continue to hold separate discussions with the stakeholders in the coming days to resolve the long-term problem of gas shortage.
Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Birendra Kumar Yadav, Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Narayan Prasad Sharma Duwadi, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Netra Prasad Subedi, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Suresh Panthi, Executive Director of Nepal Oil Corporation Deepak Baral, office-bearers of the umbrella organization of gas industrialists, Krishna Bhakta Shrestha, Surendra Raj Poudyal, Amit Agrawal, Rudra Prasad Koirala, among others were present in the meeting.
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