As per an independent assessment which may vary on day-to-day basis, nearly 22000 domestic LPG cylinders are being sold in black in the Capital on daily basis. All these LPG gas cylinders are being used for commercial activities. The situation is so grim that you go to any roadside eatery, dhaba, sweet shop or restaurant and you will find domestic cylinders being used. This is despite that there are strict guidelines that the domestic LPG cylinders shall not be used for commercial purposes. Despite this, all the eateries, dhabas, sweet shops and restaurants are not only purchasing these cylinders in black, but also using them publicly as if laws don’t matter anymore to them.
The Delhi Government claims that nearly 90 per cent of the ration card holders in the Capital possess LPG connections. But when the authenticity of the ration card holders itself is in doubt, all such claims fall to the ground. In a sample exercise to make biometric ration cards in the Capital recently, a good percentage of ration card holders did not come to take their biometric cards; thereby revealing clearly that a very high percentage of ration cards is fake. It can easily be presumed that a similar situation exists for LPG gas connections in the Capital.
If LPG gas cylinders are being sold in such high numbers in black on daily basis, there remains no doubt that a strong mechanism exists that sells these cylinders in black to buyers. The real sufferer is the domestic consumer who has to wait for many days to get his supply of cylinder. And the sufferer is also the Government which gives subsidy on domestic cylinders but commercial benefits are being derived through this subsidy; often in collusion with the authorities.
The matter came to light when a LPG agency sacked an employee on charges of harassing and taking up fights with the customers and selling the gas cylinders in black. It would have remained a small incident if the sacked employee would have merely sat at home. But the employee started putting all types of pressures on the gas agency owner to reinstate him in job. The local Congress MLA from East Delhi came up to persuade the agency owner on behalf of the sacked employee. Agency’s staff was beaten up in broad daylight. Even the car of the gas agency owner was attacked. Despite complaints to the police the matter was not resolved; thereby revealing that either there was pressure on the police not to act or the police itself was involved in the entire racket. Finally the gas agency owner has got some respite from the goons when the matter was brought to the notice of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the local MP Sandeep Dikshit. But the sacked employee is still creating pressure to get reinstated. Several employees of the agency have left the job when threatened by this sacked employee.
Unless there are huge monetary benefits involved, this sacked employee would not have spent this amount of energy. Neither would have the politicians and police came up in his support. It is time that we act to put our house in order!
The Delhi Government claims that nearly 90 per cent of the ration card holders in the Capital possess LPG connections. But when the authenticity of the ration card holders itself is in doubt, all such claims fall to the ground. In a sample exercise to make biometric ration cards in the Capital recently, a good percentage of ration card holders did not come to take their biometric cards; thereby revealing clearly that a very high percentage of ration cards is fake. It can easily be presumed that a similar situation exists for LPG gas connections in the Capital.
If LPG gas cylinders are being sold in such high numbers in black on daily basis, there remains no doubt that a strong mechanism exists that sells these cylinders in black to buyers. The real sufferer is the domestic consumer who has to wait for many days to get his supply of cylinder. And the sufferer is also the Government which gives subsidy on domestic cylinders but commercial benefits are being derived through this subsidy; often in collusion with the authorities.
The matter came to light when a LPG agency sacked an employee on charges of harassing and taking up fights with the customers and selling the gas cylinders in black. It would have remained a small incident if the sacked employee would have merely sat at home. But the employee started putting all types of pressures on the gas agency owner to reinstate him in job. The local Congress MLA from East Delhi came up to persuade the agency owner on behalf of the sacked employee. Agency’s staff was beaten up in broad daylight. Even the car of the gas agency owner was attacked. Despite complaints to the police the matter was not resolved; thereby revealing that either there was pressure on the police not to act or the police itself was involved in the entire racket. Finally the gas agency owner has got some respite from the goons when the matter was brought to the notice of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the local MP Sandeep Dikshit. But the sacked employee is still creating pressure to get reinstated. Several employees of the agency have left the job when threatened by this sacked employee.
Unless there are huge monetary benefits involved, this sacked employee would not have spent this amount of energy. Neither would have the politicians and police came up in his support. It is time that we act to put our house in order!
If LPG gas cylinders are being sold in such high numbers in black on daily basis,no doubt that a strong mechanism exists that sells these cylinders in black to buyers. Lpg Gas Pipeline Contractor Delhi
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