KATHMANDU: Liquefied petroleum (LP) gas is being filled at plants outside Kathmandu following the collapse of the road at Krishna Bhir along the Chitwan-Prithvi Highway.
As gas-carrying bullets cannot pass through the disrupted section, LP gas industries in Kathmandu Valley and neighbouring districts are arranging to fill their cylinders at plants outside the valley and transport them to Kathmandu.
According to Dewan Chand, president of the Nepal LP Gas Industry Association, Nepal Oil Corporation has allowed gas industrialists to fill LP gas outside Kathmandu. Sixteen industries in the valley and neighbouring districts will coordinate with plants in Bara, Parsa, Chitwan, Makawanpur and Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) districts to arrange gas supplies.
Chand said an additional 40 percent of gas is required to meet total consumption in Kathmandu Valley and the neighbouring districts.
Bimal Kalakheti, operator of Baba Gas and a member of the association, said gas would be filled at plants outside the capital and transported to Kathmandu through alternative routes until the Krishna Bhir road is reopened.
He said gas filled at plants in the concerned districts would be transported to Kathmandu via routes including the Tribhuvan Highway. Kalakheti also urged consumers not to stockpile gas, saying there would be no shortage in Kathmandu Valley and neighbouring districts as the process of filling gas at plants outside the capital has already begun.
According to Kalakheti, Shree Gas has started filling its cylinders at Baba, Shree Krishna, Sai Baba, Shree Ram, Nepal Gas, Nepal Gandaki, Everest and Sugam gas plants. He said other gas industries have also begun coordinating with plants outside the capital or with other industries to ensure supplies.
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