Kathmandu Metropolitan City has inspected 56 shops to reduce the risk of LP gas. The disaster management department of the metropolis and the metropolitan police force conducted a joint inspection at the cooking place where several gas cylinders were lit. It is stated that the metropolis conducted the inspection with the aim of increasing awareness.

For this, the metropolis has inspected on the basis of 8 indicators and 24 sub-indicators. It was inspected based on the availability of fire extinguishers used to extinguish fire immediately, training of employees to use it, provision of emergency doors or routes in the workplace and sufficient ventilation in the workplace. In addition to this, the metropolis has provided information on safety materials or clothing to be worn while working, controlling gas in the kitchen, measuring pressure, automatically stopping the supply of gas, methods to detect gas leaks and their use, safety methods to be adopted when connecting gas, and gas storage indicators. 

During the inspection, people who cook using gas and professionals mentioned the metropolis where there is no problem after connecting the regulator and pipe available in the market to the gas filled in the cylinder .

LPG is Liquefied Petroleum Gas that is filled in cylinders for cooking at home. Due to the fact that this is a flammable substance, if precautions are not taken in its use, the metropolis has informed that there may be a danger of fire and cylinder explosion. 

To avoid this, gas, cylinder and seal manufacturers, cylinder filling companies, transportation vehicles, quality checking officials, distributors, dealers and sellers along with consumers will have their own roles, according to the metropolis.