Tripura asks IOCL to supply LPG cylinders via Bangladesh

AGARTALA: The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is exploring the possibility of bringing filled cooking gas cylinders from plants in Assam or West Bengal via Bangladesh to manage the LPG crisis in Tripura.
After holding a meeting with IOCL, civil supplies minister Bhanu Lal Saha said on Wednesday that consumers of Tripura have been suffering from a 75-day backlog of LPG supply due to inadequate bottling in Silchar and Bishalgarh plants for the past few months."To manage the situation, we have requested the IOCL to bring filled cylinders from West Bengal via waterway to Ashuganj port and carry them by road to Tripura," Saha said.