Cylinder supply has created panic in the consumers of cooking gas in Sambalpur town due to disorder in the system. The chaotic condition has becoming a common thing for the city dwellers. It is taking month long to avail a booked cooking gas and sometime the consumer is not getting home delivery. Finally the consumer is deprived of availing the cooking gas.
Recently, according to the complaint by a consumer of the Munda Gas Agency, after booking for a cooking gas, he couldn’t avail it for a long time. The consumer then went to the agency to inquire about the gas cylinder. The agency authority says, it has been delivered to the consumer. But in reality the consumer has not received the cooking gas. Now the consumer and the common people doubt that the agency has sold their booked cooking gas at black market.
In another instance similar story has been repeated, Chaitanya Nayak of Dhanupali, booked a cooking gas on 1st July but that did not reached to his address after waiting for 20 days. Finally he went to the Gas Agency to inquire about his booked cooking gas. The agency says, the booked cylinder is already delivered to the consumer on 17th July. The gas agency has reported delivered where as the cylinder is not availed by the consumer. Chaitanya informed the gas agency that he has not received the gas cylinder. Then the agency assured him that it will be delivered soon. But a week has been passed and yet the cylinder is not delivered.
The government has taken many steps for transparency in the system but failed to check the black marketing of gas cylinder.