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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Scarcity of LPG creates public ire

SILCHAR, May 23: Everyday hundreds of people stand in long queues but after a day long wait, most of them return home disappointed. Scarcity of LPG cylinder has become a major problem for the common people of Barak valley.
The members of Youth Against Social Evils (YASE) submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, in which they have requested him to take appropriate measure to solve the present crisis of LPG cylinders in the district and to publish a public statement in this regard, on Wednesday.
Sanjib Roy, president, said that for last one and half month there has been a great scarcity of LPG cylinders in the entire district of Cachar and it is increasing gradually. Now-a-days the crisis has created a havoc among the common mass and the black-marketers are using the circumstances to the extreme, he added.
He also said that the crisis of LPG cylinder in the district has helped the black-marketers to sell the LPG at exorbitant rate. He further said that the consumers had no options other than to purchase the same from them at the inflated rates for their livelihood.
He pointed out till date no measures have been taken by the district administration or by the deputy Director of supply (DDS) to deal with the situation. Though a control room service has been set up for the matter by the district administration but it is not enough to control the black-marketers, he added.
The members of the organization requested the district administration to release a public statement regarding the reason behind the shortage of LPG cylinder in the district, how many days it will take to meet up the crisis and the measures taken up by the district administration. They also seeks the intervention of district administration to catch hold the unscrupulous elements.
The members were present included Sabir Ahmed Raj Barbhuiya, secretary, Ramnath Nunia, Sahab Uddin, Bandita Trivedi, Dinesh Kahar, Digbijoy Bhattacharjee, Rajan Ahmed, Ankur Banik.

Source:http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=118451&dtP=2012-05-24&ppr=1#118451

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