Scarcity of LPG makes Ctg consumers worst sufferers
Monday, 6 August 2007
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Aug 5: The marketing companies of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) are not supplying adequate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the Chittagong-based dealers for around a month in spite of its acute crisis in the region.
On the other hand, the private companies are increasing the price of their LPG products in phase, said sources.
It has created acute crisis of the product in Chittagong region. LPG is not available even at high prices.
In this situation, the local consumers, who depend on LPG for their daily cooking, have been adversely affected.
They have to face untold sufferings, as they cannot arrange alternative sources of fuel at cheap prices within a short period.
LPG is a by-product of Eastern Refinery. It is produced at the time of refining the unrefined fuel oil.
Later, the gas is filled into cylinders at the LPG plants, and is sold through the marketing companies.
Around 4,000 dealers of four subsidiary companies of BPC are involved in marketing of LPG.
Of them, 1,000 dealers belong to Chittagong division, who have not been properly supplied with the gas for long as per their requirement.
Earlier, around 6,000 cylinders of LPG were supplied to the LPG dealers, who used to get the supply of gas almost every day.
Later, the supply of LPG gradually declined, and only two days per week were set for supplying the gas to the dealers.
The 100 Chittagong-based LPG dealers used to get 800 cylinders earlier, while the supply has been drastically reduced for about one month, the sources added.
CHITTAGONG, Aug 5: The marketing companies of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) are not supplying adequate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the Chittagong-based dealers for around a month in spite of its acute crisis in the region.
On the other hand, the private companies are increasing the price of their LPG products in phase, said sources.
It has created acute crisis of the product in Chittagong region. LPG is not available even at high prices.
In this situation, the local consumers, who depend on LPG for their daily cooking, have been adversely affected.
They have to face untold sufferings, as they cannot arrange alternative sources of fuel at cheap prices within a short period.
LPG is a by-product of Eastern Refinery. It is produced at the time of refining the unrefined fuel oil.
Later, the gas is filled into cylinders at the LPG plants, and is sold through the marketing companies.
Around 4,000 dealers of four subsidiary companies of BPC are involved in marketing of LPG.
Of them, 1,000 dealers belong to Chittagong division, who have not been properly supplied with the gas for long as per their requirement.
Earlier, around 6,000 cylinders of LPG were supplied to the LPG dealers, who used to get the supply of gas almost every day.
Later, the supply of LPG gradually declined, and only two days per week were set for supplying the gas to the dealers.
The 100 Chittagong-based LPG dealers used to get 800 cylinders earlier, while the supply has been drastically reduced for about one month, the sources added.