Kathmandu. The District Administration Office has been facilitating the delivery of cooking gas cylinders to the houses of 802 people. A large number of people who are helpless, disabled, chronically ill, lactating women, senior citizens and students have been provided with gas.

In the last one week, consumers who have complained of shortage of gas on the administration’s toll-free number have been facilitated. Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal said the cylinders were distributed in Bharatpur, East Chitwan and West Chitwan. Gas has been supplied to the ashram even in the ashrams where there is a shortage of gas.

According to him, the local administration has started monitoring from the gas industry to the retailers after receiving complaints that gas was not being supplied to the depots and the general consumers from the depots. Although the industrialists have said that they have reduced the gas in sufficient quantity, the monitoring is being carried out from the industry to the distribution as consumers are compelled to stand in line.

A police team led by Assistant Chief District Officer (CDO) Chudamani Sharma Gautam has been inspecting the market. Though the district needs 120,000 cylinders monthly, market monitoring has been started as it has been difficult to distribute around 6,000 to 7,000 cylinders daily, said Aryal. Currently, Saibaba, Baba and Nepal Gas Industries are located in the district. These industries have been regularly supplying cooking gas to the dealers here.

According to Bimal Kalakheti, proprietor of Babagas Industry, the local gas industries have been supplying LPG to various districts including Chitwan. Half of them have been sent to Chitwan while the other half has been sent out, he said. The refinery at Durgapur, India, which has been supplying gas with bullets, has been supplying gas from Paradip after problems surfaced. According to Kalakheti, it takes two days to reach Durgapur and four days to reach Paradip.

Similarly, the Barouji refinery, which has been supplying gas, has also been supplying less gas and the demand has increased. He said, “The problem can be solved if we can fill half the cylinder for some time or increase the quota given from Barauji for a few days.” He said that it would be resolved soon if the cylinders were not exchanged and stored only when needed.