LPG transporters seek CM’s intervention in ‘undeclared strike’ by workers
The Hindu
‘Situation likely to affect cooking gas distribution in nine districts’
LPG Transporters’ Association has appealed to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to intervene to ease the transport of cooking gas in the wake of an ‘undeclared strike’ by loading and unloading workers at the BPCL Bharat Gas filling station here.
Binoy Alex and Bijoy Mathew of the association, among others, said in a submission to the Chief Minister that gas cylinder loading and unloading workers had resorted to a strike without notice since November 18.
They said that as a result of the ‘undeclared strike’, the daily number of gas cylinders being despatched from the BPCL facility had come down to 30%. The number of gas cylinders being despatched from the facility had come down from around 40,000 cylinders per day to around 35,000 cylinders. The situation is likely to affect cooking gas distribution in nine districts in the State.
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