AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): Drop in gas bottling at Bisalgarh bottling plant has led to crisis in the state. As the Bullets are stuck in the mud filled roads of National Highway, it has become nearly impossible to carry out the bottling of the Bisalgarh bottling plant.

Talking to TIWN correspondent,   Food and Civil Supplies Director Soumitra Baneerjee said that LPG bullets are not arriving in the state and therefore the bottling has dropped at  the Bisalgarh bottling plant.

The consumers are seen hit the door of the agencies but it is unable to meet the demands of the consumers.  Although the consumers have done their booking but are not getting the cylinders as there is no cylinders in the agencies following which crisis has taken a bad shape in the state.  

 As the bullets are unable to arrive in the state LPG crisis have taken a bad shape over past few days. Consumers are seen waiting outside the agencies for collecting their cylinders but as the bullets are not arriving in the state the agencies are unable to supply the cylinders to the consumers.

The total number gas agencies are being increased to 46 but the main gas bottling plant in Bishalghar is unable to cope with the ongoing cylinder demands. In such situation the rampant black marketing of LPG cylinders have gripped the state alarmingly.

Common men are paying almost more than double to buy a gas cylinder. People have been left with no option but to buy the LPG cylinder from the open market by shelling out more money.

These days hundreds of people are seen standing outside the gas agencies to seek a refill and to get their cylinder. Shortage of LPG has triggered spontaneous protests in many areas across the state.

Taking full advantage of the current situation, black-marketers are making money by selling a gas cylinder almost double its price in the market.

Weekly, there should be bottling of 1 lakh cylinder in an average rate but recently bottling are unable to be done due to the lack of bullets. 

With irregularities in the bottling plant, the consumers of the LPG cylinders are facing the crisis. As the agencies are not provided with the cooking gas cylinder they are unable to supply it to the consumers.

Reportedly, the state requires over 1, 72,535 cylinders every month. The total number of gas agencies is being increased to 46. In such position, the two LPG bottling plants at Bishalgarh and Kalagachhia in West Tripura district are unable to cope with the rising demand for LPG cylinders.