KARACHI: Sellers are selling LPG at prices many times higher than the prescribed price in the open market, and customers are being burdened by it.
In this regard, the government has prescribed a price of Rs 308.76 per kg of LPG, while dealers and shopkeepers are selling LPG from Rs 550 to Rs 600.
Citizens have demanded that the administration ensure price control of LPG and not sell at a higher price in the market than prescribed.
Distributors and shopkeepers are selling LPG at much higher prices in the open market than prescribed, as their costs will be borne by citizens with higher prices than the officially fixed rate.
LPG is available for sale in the open market with open loot. The price of cooking gas is much higher in the open market, and it can be understood that while the prescribed price of a LPG cylinder is Rs 308.76, cooking gas is available for Rs 550 to Rs 600 in the open market.
Citizens expressed their concerns and appealed to the government to monitor and control the selling rate and put a ban on the hoarding of cooking gas, and also asked them to do more than Rs600 with a single cylinder, so that no gas station owners can increase the price of LPG.
People in cities are saying the govt has kept Rs 308, the rest of it is pocket of gas holders.
