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Kathmandu Wednesday December 19, 2001 Paush 04, 2058.
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LPG shortage to end soon
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 18 – The ongoing mild
shortage of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), particularly in the valley, is likely to
end soon as the Barauni Station in India, which supplies 95 per cent of the national LPG
demand, resumed it normal function from today.
LPG consumers started facing a mild shortage
of the gas after the Barauni Station stopped releasing the gas since last week for a
thorough regular maintenance of the station. "Since last two weeks, we have been
receiving very little LPG supplies from Barauni due to the ongoing maintenance
works," said Ajit Kumar Jha, Chief Engineer of the Nepal Gas Limited.
However, he also informed that the Barauni
Gas Station started releasing LPG gas from today. "Barauni gas station today released
33 tons to the Nepal Gas Limited while Baba Gas and Koshi Gas Industries each received 36
tons." added Jha.
He also informed that the gas refueling
companies have also sent their tankers to the Haldia Gas Station, but due to the long
distance, it would take at least 4 days to realize the actual supplies.
Due to the interruption in the supplies of
LPG form India, the stock with the local has gone down rapidly. "Immediately after we
started receiving less supplies, we rationed our local market supplies and all the
companies are releasing just 25 per cent of the demand, due to which gas market is running
through shortage," he said.
The demand of LPG, which has become a popular
cooking fuel particularly among the middle and upper classes, has been maintaining steady
surge since last couple of years. During the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the
consumption of LPG witnessed an increment of more than 13 per cent and touched 10,851 tons
from 9,575 tons of last year. The national monthly demand of LPG stands currently at
around 3500 tons.
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