The gas industry has started a movement demanding to increase the transportation commission. They did not raise the product delivery order (PDO) of gas on Sunday saying that the government is not serious about their demand.

The Nepal LP Gas Industry Association started protesting again saying that the previous agreement was not implemented. Last January, the union announced the program of the movement with 19 points. On January 30, it was agreed to fulfill the demand in a meeting of officials of Nepal Oil Corporation, Union along with Industry, Commerce and Supply Minister Damodar Bhandari. However, the union president Shiv Ghimire said that the protest was started after the agreement was not implemented. 

15 days time was requested to do the homework. We suspended the movement," Ghimire said. "Nothing was done during this period. That's why we were forced to protest.' Since there has been no increase in dealer commission, shipping, and overhead expenses for 6 years, the union has demanded that they should be increased immediately and adjusted according to the inflation rate every year.

It is mentioned in the union's demand that the profit percentage of industrialists and dealers should be kept at not less than 5 percent and the quota of gas should be increased every year according to the purchase and receipt of cylinders. Similarly, the union has also demanded that the government allocate 1 percent of LP gas imports to raise public awareness about the precautions to be taken by LP gas consumers while consuming gas, and the method of use.

The demand of the union is to set up a lab to measure the quality of gas imported from India within 7 months. If the demand is not met, the industrialists have warned that they will not load from the refinery, do not release the bullets from the customs, stop the sale and distribution of gas, and stop the sale and distribution of gas from the dealer.

To address the demands of the industrialists, the Oil Corporation Board of Directors formed a committee headed by Rajan Paudel, Director General of the Commercial Department. The committee assigned Tribhuvan University and Kathmandu University to study and prepare a report. According to an official of Oil Corporation, a report has been prepared with the suggestion that per cylinder can be increased by 12 rupees 75 paise. 

This price is inclusive of profit and shipping. But industrialists have been lobbying for an additional increase of Rs 100 per cylinder. "The problem has arisen after the minister gave an assurance that the rate can be increased by 50 rupees," said the official of the corporation, "that's why the period of 15 days was fixed."

An artificial shortage of cooking gas started in the market after the Sangh announced its protest program in January. Assessing the gas shortage due to industrialists' strike, common people and sellers started stockpiling. As a result, there was a shortage in the market. Now there is a possibility that the same trend will repeat again.