GUWAHATI: Consumers of LPG cylinders in Assam will most likely face an acute crisis in upcoming days because of the completion of 5 days of the non-cooperation movement taken up by the North East Packed LPG Transporters’ Association.
According to some officials of the association, a number of discussions were held with the higher officials of the Department of Food and Civil Supply in the past few days. However, no conclusion and result could be reached with the State government and the authorities concerned also did not pay much attention to the matter.
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The officials also said that this situation has become critical now after the step down of Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Phani Bhusan Choudhury. They said that Choudhury had started a process and had sat for a series of discussions to try to solve their problems, but after his resignation, the whole process has come full circle.
The Association has made demands to transfer the office of tender submission from Kolkata to Guwahati to make it easy for the local entrepreneurs to file tenders. They are also opposing the decision to bring down fares from the existing rate by up to 21 percent. They want equal facilities and priorities given to all dealers of the state.
Because of this protest, no loading has taken place in the last five days in LPG bottling plants located in North Guwahati, Charpara in Kamrup district, Gopanari in Tinsukia district and Bongaigaon.