Kathmandu. The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection has asked the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for data on the import and sale of cooking gas (LPG) in view of the shortage of cooking gas in the global market and the risk of its impact on Nepal.
Department Director Narahari Tiwari said that the NOC has been directed to present a concrete action plan at the ministry level and hold discussions with all stakeholders to resolve the problem of shortage of the corporation.
It has been almost two months since consumers have not been able to get gas easily. Consumers are suffering. However, the corporation has been claiming that there is no problem in the supply of gas so far. Although there is no shortage of LPG, some vendors are selling cooking gas at Rs 1,910 more than the price fixed by the NOC.
NOC Spokesperson Manoj Thakur said that the supply of cooking gas (LPG) is in line with the demand in the market. He said that the Department of Commerce has the right to take action against the sellers who charge high prices and have been informed about it.
According to Thakur, the NOC has called the industrialists and dealers on Thursday and directed them to make the distribution of LPG transparent. According to this, the gas industrialists will have to keep a clear record of how much gas has been sent to which dealer. Likewise, it is mandatory for the sellers to keep details of the consumers to whom they have sold gas, their names and phone numbers.
The NOC has directed the LPG industrialists to give priority to the ‘domestic purpose’ rather than hotel and industrial purpose. It has been asked not to stock gas and distribute it only on the basis of need. Consumers have also been asked not to hoard unnecessarily.
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