Kathmandu. Dharmaraj Budha, a resident of Kirtipur, stood in line all day to get gas at Sri Krishna Gas Depot in Kalanki on Sunday. He was standing in a queue to get gas at the place as he was told to distribute gas there.

There was a queue of about 600 people at the place with him. Only 48 of them who had been in the queue since morning got gas. The depot handed over tokens to the rest of them and returned them empty-handed. He says that he is not sure whether he will get gas tomorrow or not.

Another consumer, Bishnu Khatiwada, said that he has been going to the depot for gas for the last 4 days. He complained that he had to return empty without getting gas every day as there was a small quantity of gas in the depot and the distribution was also limited.

This is just one example of the queue of not getting gas at the depot. Like Budha and Khatiwada, thousands of people are now standing in line at the gas depot. Now there is a queue of consumers in most of the gas depots. Consumers have not got the full gas cylinder even after keeping the gas cylinder in line for a week.

The argument that gas is not available since the conflict between the United States, Iran and Israel has not been fully resolved yet. However, in the meantime, the government has been claiming that more gas has been imported than the demand.

After August 10, a new chapter of gas shortage has begun. Nagendra Shah, general manager of the corporation, said that there is a shortage of gas in the market due to the lack of smooth road management due to the flood in Bhotekoshi of Rasuwa.

According to the Oil Corporation, it has brought 87,877 cylinders of LPG to the Kathmandu Valley on September 1, 19 and 20. Issuing a press release on Sunday, the NOC said that the supply of LP gas has not been stopped in Kathmandu even after the road was blocked due to a landslide on the Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway and there is no shortage of gas in the market.

According to the Nepal Oil Corporation, 87,877 cylinders of cooking gas were brought to Kathmandu in three days after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) made arrangements to bring gas from various industries in the Terai to Kathmandu using alternative routes. According to the NOC, 24,494 cylinders were brought to Kathmandu on August 3, 34,134 cylinders on September 2 and 29,249 cylinders on September 4.

According to Shah, LPG cylinders based in Kathmandu, Dhading and Kavrepalanchowk are being refilled to the factories in Bara, Parsa, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Dhanusha and Mahottari and bring them to Kathmandu through alternative route.

The highest number of gas was imported to Kathmandu on September 3 in three days. On that day alone, 34,134 cylinders were imported. According to the corporation, the arrangement of bringing LP gas through this alternative process will continue until the road of Krishnabhir section is brought into operation regularly. Shah said that the corporation is managing the supply by using the industries and alternative roads in the Terai to prevent the supply of gas in Kathmandu from being affected due to the road blockage.

According to Shah, general manager of the corporation, there is a demand for 40,000 cylinders of gas daily in the valley. 10,000 cylinders less than the demand has entered Kathmandu. “The road has been blocked due to the landslide on Krishna Cliff. Due to which the supply of gas in Kathmandu has not been easy. He says, “As soon as the road becomes easy, the gas supply will be as per the demand. Do not panic and start storing gas now.” ’

He said that consumers have stored more gas than they need, so they are not able to get gas in the market. “There were 16 plants in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Most of the suppliers supplied from Kathmandu have not been able to get gas due to the landslide in Krishna Bhir. Shah says, “There is no gas in the bullet. A bullet coming to Kathmandu means 1,250 cylinders of gas. ’

He said that the gas could not be brought as per the demand as the bullets could not be brought as per the demand.

He said that due to the long traffic jam on the routes including Hetauda, where gas is currently imported, there is a problem in getting gas as per the demand in the market. He said that there is also a problem in the market as it takes 14-15 hours to travel for half an hour.

“Even in such a difficult situation, we have been able to bring about 88,000 cylinders of gas in 3 days. This is a matter of happiness for us. It has come more than we thought. ” says Shah. According to sources in the oil corporation, this is the right time to make electricity an alternative rather than having a gas line.