Guwahati: Assam is likely to face an acute shortage of LPG cylinders in the days to come as LPG transporters across the state have decided to go on an indefinite strike.
The Northeast Packed LPG Transporter Association (NEPLTA) has alleged that their long-pending demands have been ignored by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), despite several meetings with the IOCL officials.
LPG plants in North Guwahati, Tinsukia, Gopanari, Sarpara, Bongaigaon, Dimapur, Sekmai, Silchar, Duliajan, Nagaon, Agartala, Bishalgarh, and Dimapur will shut down in support of the strike.
Kumud Nath, the chief advisor of NELPTA, said that IOCL had cancelled the previous tender for carrying LPG cylinders in response to a direction from the Union Petroleum Ministry.
The transporters' body objected to it, and following that there were meetings between IOCL and NELPTA to find a way to solve the issue.
Nath alleged that recently the IOCL authority floated a fresh tender for various LPG bottling plants without addressing the issues raised by the transporters' body.
The transporters' association further alleged that since 2014, IOCL has not revised the transportation rates for which the transporters have to bear the financial loss.
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