About 70 percent of the hotels in Kochi were closed. Center with measures to prevent hoarding and black market. Extensive testing is being done in the states. Meanwhile, Air India and IndiGo have come forward with the demand to waive the fuel tax. It is indicated that concession has been sought from the Centre.
Kochi: Commercial LPG crisis in the state is acute. About 70 percent of the hotels in Kochi were closed. Hotels that had stock of gas cylinders have also gone into crisis. Some hotels have switched to wood burning. It is reported that two hotels will be opened today using firewood. With the complete closure of hotels, the state is also likely to face food shortage.
The cylinder is supplied from the plant at Udayamperur, Kochi. But the plant has stopped working. Domestic cylinder was distributed but that too has almost stopped. Interventions are being made at the government level but are not effective.
At the same time, the Center has come up with measures to prevent hoarding and black market of cylinders. Extensive testing is being done in the states. Meanwhile, Air India and IndiGo have come forward with the demand to waive the fuel tax. It is indicated that concession has been sought from the Centre. Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man collapsed and died while queuing for a LPG cylinder in Punjab. The incident took place yesterday in Barnala district. Bhushan Kumar, who had been waiting for hours for the cylinder, got lost in the line.
