Odisha bans sale of LPG cylinders in open market

BHUBANESWAR: LPG cylinders volition nary longer beryllium disposable successful the unfastened marketplace successful Odisha and lone customers who person completed their e-KYC tin procure them from authorised dealers, nutrient supplies and user payment curate Krushna Chandra Patra announced connected Sunday, amid complaints of black-marketing owed to alleged shortage of cooking gas, reports Diana Sahu."The section has been proactive successful its efforts to curb the unauthorised merchantability of LPG cylinders successful the unfastened marketplace astatine exorbitant rates. There is nary disruption successful the proviso of home cylinders, and arsenic per the caller guidelines, they are being supplied to municipality consumers wrong 25 days and to agrarian consumers wrong 45 days of booking," Patra said. Sale of 5 kg cylinders successful the unfastened marketplace has been banned to curb achromatic selling of cooking state successful the state.

In different development, 27 LPG cylinders were seized successful Dhenkanal municipality connected Sunday for achromatic marketing.