Jalandhar, January 19 (DNS)- Reacting to the “non-cooperative attitude” of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) authorities in smoothening the supply of LPG, the Punjab unit of the All-India LPG Distributors Federation today threatened that shutters of the HPCL gas agencies would be pulled down if the corporation failed to cover the backlog. Representatives of the federation alleged that only 40 per cent of the total LPG required was being supplied by the corporation. In these circumstances, it was not possible for the agency owners to fulfil the demand of the consumers. “As oil corporations are bearing losses to the tune of Rs 300 per cylinder, the HPCL authorities are forcing their distributors to minimise the sale, so that the magnitude of the loss can be brought down. Though the two other oil corporations, Bharat Petroleum and Indian Petroleum, are also bearing the same loss, they are successfully maintaining the supply line,” said Capt KJS Butter, president of the north-west region of the federation. He along with the state president of the federation, Harsimarjit Kaur, and distributors from all over the state threatened that the HPCL distributors ...
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