LPG being bottled outside Kathmandu to maintain Valley supplies
Summary
LPG bottling has been shifted outside the Kathmandu Valley after the Krishnabhir road collapse disrupted transport on the Prithvi Highway. Gas entrepreneurs and Nepal Oil Corporation are coordinating to keep cooking gas flowing to the Valley, where demand has surged sharply.
Key Points
- Nepal Oil Corporation has allowed gas companies to bottle LPG outside the Valley and transport filled cylinders to Kathmandu after the Krishnabhir road collapse disrupted supplies.
- Gas entrepreneurs, including association leaders, are coordinating with truck operators in Makwanpur to keep cooking gas flowing to the capital.
- Kathmandu normally needs about 40,000 LPG cylinders a day, but demand has risen to as high as 100,000 cylinders daily.
- Nepal imported a record 60,200 metric tons of LPG from India last month, and leaders say shortages should ease if imports remain steady.
