Heavy rains strand 105 cooking gas bullets on way to Kathmandu
Summary
Continuous rainfall has stranded 105 cooking gas bullets en route to Kathmandu Valley, delaying supplies and worsening the local gas shortage. Nepal Oil Corporation says the shipment will move once roads blocked by landslides in Dhading are cleared.
Key Points
- 105 cooking gas bullets carrying about 150,000 cylinders worth of LPG are stranded on the way to Kathmandu Valley due to road obstructions from heavy rainfall.
- Nepal Oil Corporation says the shipments, which entered from India, will resume once roads at Krishna Bhir and other landslide-hit areas in Dhading are cleared.
- The stranded gas is being kept in safe locations in Ramnagar, Chitwan, and Hetauda under district administration coordination.
- Customs data show Nepal imported 117,168 metric tonnes of LPG in the first two months of the current fiscal year, up from 91,963 metric tonnes a year earlier.
