Gas agencies cheating consumers: AMSU
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, December 19 2011: The All Manipur Students Union has alleged that the Gas Agencies in Manipur have been cheating the consumers by keeping the 'booking date' static while regularly publishing availability of gas through newspapers.

Addressing a press conference at its head office here this evening, Vice President of the student body Md Abdul Haque Shah informed that AMSU has detected numerous discrepancies from the 'news of gas delivery' published in newspapers from October 8 to December 17 this year.

According to the findings, Hrangchal Gas Agency delivered gas to the public seven times during the period from October 8 to December 17 only to those consumers who did the booking between June 10 and July 5, although the stock of gas with the agency on all delivery days was 612 .

Misao Gas also delivered gas nine times to the consumers who did the booking between July 2 and 22 during the same period.

But the available stock on all delivery days was 612 .

Similarly, LPG Gas Agency delivered gas 10 times during the said period to consumers who did the booking between August 8 and 26.The stock position was 306 each on six delivery days, while in the remaining four days stock availability was 316, 310, 314 and 336 respectively.

During the same period from October 8 to December 17, Canchi Indane Gas Agency delivered 9 times to consumers who did the booking between July 7 and August 8 and the stock availability were respectively 306 each on seven delivery days and 612 on two delivery days.

On the other hand, Khongnang Gas Agency made delivery only four times during the period to consumers who did the booking between June 23 and.

July 17 while Jemon Gas Agency made delivery seven times in the corresponding period to consumers whose booking was done between June 15 and July 12.Manipur Gas Service Agency also made gas delivery eight times to consumers who did the booking between June 6 and June 25 .

Athokpam Gas Agency made gas delivery nine times to consumers who did the booking between August 22 and 28.MM Gas delivered 10 times to the consumers who placed the booking between June 20 and July 11 while KK Indane delivered five times to those who did the booking between July 9 and 21 .

Moreover, Mahalakshmi Gas made the delivery five times during the period from October 8 to December 17, to consumers who did the booking between July 16 and October 1 and Porompat Gas made delivery 10 times to consumers who placed the booking between July 6 and 27, Md Abdul Haque Shah informed, adding that R and H Gas, Leibaklei Gas, Khoriphaba Gas, Kajal GBD Gas, RBD Gas, Yairipok Gas, TDK Gas and Thoubal Gas also made the least gas deliveries although the stock position was high during this period.

The list of gas news collected by AMSU correspond to the period people of the state were suffering under the crippling impact of economic blockade and one cylinder of domestic cooking gas was sold as high as Rs 2000 in the black market.

The reason behind the static booking dates as maintained by the Gas Agencies needs to be critically examined and the government should take up necessary actions against the Gas Agencies for cheating the consumers, he demanded.

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