The team seized the underweight cylinders, which should have at least 14.2 kg of cooking gas, while they were being loaded onto a truck from the company´s warehouse.[break]
“During the inspection, we also found that the company was using tampered weighing machines,” said Sitaram Pokharel, chief of Nepal Oil Corporation´s Nepalgunj office and member of market inspection team led by the Banke District Administration Office (DAO).
The inspection was made following complaints from locals about unethical practices of some liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottlers.
As per the law, people selling underweight goods can be fined up to Rs 2,000. “But since the company was found pilfering gas from cylinders for a long time, it won´t be appropriate to apply the same law on the company,” a member of the inspection team said.
Govinda Prasad Pandey, chief of District Commerce Office, said he was still holding discussions with other officials on what action to initiate against the company.
Manakamana Gas Industry, which was operating under the name of Banke Gas in the first three years of its establishment, is in business for the last nine years.
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