AGARTALA, Sep 4 (TIWN): With LPG crisis and back log have taken a bad shape in the state, bench meeting was held at Bisalgarh bottling plant by the authority to improve the LPG bottling and also to cover the back logs of the LPG cylinders in the state.

It is to be mentioned here that the crisis of LPG cooking cylinder has turned from bad to worst situation. Weekly, there should be bottling of 1 lakh cylinder in an average rate but recently less amount of bottling are done.

Acute crisis of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder is still continuing in Tripura, triggering huge backlog. However aiming to cover up this back logs, bench meeting was held at Bisalgarh bottling plant on Saturday.

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.

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.

As a result, a huge backlog has been created all over the state. However, there is no assurance when will the crisis of LPG cylinders will come to an end.