Maximum distributors rated excellent
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 03 2016:
Like many other LPG distributors of the State, performances of Nambul Gas Agency.
Imphal West and Axial Lndane, Tamenglong are also rated excellent.
None of these LPG distributors has any consumers who are awaiting refills after they have made their due bookings.
Manipur has around 64 LPG distributors and most of them have been rated excellent as far as their performance is concerned.
Only a few distributors are rated poor or good as per official records.
However, the reality tells a very different story with the vast majority of consumers waiting for months for a single refill.
Almost all the distributors have backlog of two/three months regarding distribution of refills and this fact is known to IOC.
At the same time, it remains highly questionable whether IOC is unaware about submission of manipulated data by LPG distributors or IOC is aware of these deceptive practices.
So far, IOC has not initiated any noteworthy action against the distributors who are not adhering to the guidelines it issued.
Nambul Gas Agency has around 962 active consumers and it is distributing 26.2 refills in a day on the average.
According to official records, Nambul Gas Agency has delivered refills to all the consumers who made refill bookings on January 1 or earlier.
The maximum number of refills issued by the distributor this financial year to a single consumer is 19 and there is a gap of IS refills between this consumer and those consumers who have been issued he least number of refills.
So far, the distributor has issued 10 refills each to eight consumers, nine refills each to 88 consumers, eight refills each to 110 consumers and seven refills each to 153 consumers.
There are also a large number of consumers who have received just one refill each.
Likewise.
Axial Indane too has issued refills to all consumers who made their bookings on December 28 or earlier and no consumer made refill booking between December 29 and January 3 as per official records.
The distributor has been distributing 71.82 refills in a day on the average to its around 1375 active consumers.
Axial Indane has issued eight refills each to 18 consumers and seven refills each to 49 consumers while the vast majority of consumers have been issued six to two refills each.
Around 273 consumers have been delivered just one refill each .