{"id":52658,"date":"2026-08-09T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=52658"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:39:41","slug":"lp-gas-supply-gradually-returning-to-normalcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/lp-gas-supply-gradually-returning-to-normalcy\/","title":{"rendered":"LP gas supply gradually returning to normalcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Aug 9: The recent shortage of LP gas, which has affected various regions including the Kathmandu Valley, is finally starting to improve.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal Oil Corporation reported that with the distribution of 14.2 kg gas cylinders since July 15, it resulted in shortage. Earlier, half-cylinder gas was being distributed. However, imports from India have been steadily increasing, and the distribution process is now more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Director at LP gas department, Binitamani Upadhyay, mentioned that while there were some initial disruption with the redistribution of 14.2 kg cylinders, the situation now is getting better. &#8220;We&#8217;ve intensified the supply to meet consumer demand,&#8221; he said, advising consumers not to stock up more gas than needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Currently, over 100 cylinders are being dispatched daily from Indian Oil Corporation&#8217;s refinery. There have been some challenges in transitioning from 7.1 kg to 14.2 kg, but we expect sales and distribution would become normal within a week at the latest,&#8221; Director Upadhyay added.<br \/>\nIn light of the tense situation in West Asia, NOC had began selling 7.1 kg gas cylinders to better manage the supply and distribution of gas in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Aug 9: The recent shortage of LP gas, which has affected various regions including the Kathmandu Valley, is finally starting to improve. Nepal Oil Corporation reported that with the distribution of 14.2 kg gas cylinders since July 15, it resulted in shortage. Earlier, half-cylinder gas was being distributed. However, imports from India have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52660,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52658\/revisions\/52660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}