Artificial Scarcity and Overcharging Plague Nepal's LPG Market Amid Supply Claims
Summary
Nepal's LPG market faces artificial scarcity and overcharging despite claims of increased gas imports, leading to consumer exploitation through inflated prices and cylinder hoarding.
Key Points
- There is an extreme shortage of cooking LPG gas in Nepal's market causing long waits and empty cylinders.
- Retailers exploit the situation by refusing cylinder exchanges and charging inflated prices for new cylinders.
- Consumer rights activist Bishnu Prasad Timilsina highlights manipulative practices such as black marketing and arbitrary transportation fees.
- Nepal Oil Corporation claims normalized supply, but hoarding and retailer malpractices keep the market problematic.
