New committee will study separate cylinder sizes and prices for household and commercial users after the latest LPG shortage. Similar efforts in 2011 and 2013 were never implemented. The governmen...
Kathmandu, Sept 21: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Deepak Kumar Sah, has said that the Ministry is making every possible effort to ease the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by...
Kathmandu. While there are 1 crore 75 lakh LP gas cylinders available across the country, the monthly consumption is only around 33 lakh. As soon as there is a slight disruption in supply, a severe...
Kathmandu, Sept 17: The Nepal LP Gas Industry Association has urged industry operators to sell LPG cylinders in the existing rate. In a statement issued today, the Association requested that sales...
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: National Assembly members have urged the government to ensure adequate supplies of essential goods, including cooking gas, as major festivals such as Dashain and Tihar approach.
With Kathmandu Valley’s cooking gas supply still falling short, gas-bottling plants across the Terai are refilling cylinders around the clock to keep LP gas flowing to the capital. Fourteen plants ...
13th September 2026, Kathmandu The Nepal Oil Corporation has successfully facilitated the supply and sale of 233,662 Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders across the Kathmandu Valley over a five-day p...
A government directive allowing consumers to exchange cylinders across brands has failed to take effect, with gas companies citing legal, technical and insurance complications. There was a long qu...
Kathmandu, Sept. 21: The imports and sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) reached an all-time high in Bhadau (from August 17 to September 16) of the current fiscal year. According to the Nepal Oi...
Kathmandu. The government has initiated efforts to curb black marketing of gas in the market and to differentiate between commercial and domestic use cylinders. It has been informed that the proces...
KATHMANDU, Sept 12: With cooking gas supplies disrupted in Kathmandu, LPG entrepreneurs have committed to bringing 50,000 cylinders to the capital to ease the shortage.
Kathmandu, September 11 A grocery store has been fined Rs 300,000 for selling cooking gas (LPG) at a price higher than the government-fixed rate. The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer...
13th September 2026, Kathmandu The Kathmandu District Administration Office has issued a strict warning against LPG sellers and distributors creating artificial shortages or selling cooking gas ab...
Authorities should clearly communicate to the public that they will guarantee access to cooking gas. Nepalis continue to face difficulties cooking due to ongoing gas shortages. The crisis began wi...
Kathmandu, Sept 17: The Nepal LP Gas Industry Association has urged industry operators to sell LPG cylinders in the existing rate.
Kathmandu. The line for gas has now become like a daily routine, especially for the residents of Kathmandu Valley. Although the shortage of LP gas for cooking has reached an extreme state, its begi...
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Police have seized 461 LPG cylinders from various locations in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur on suspicion of black-market trading and overpricing amid the ongoing cooking gas shortage.
Kathmandu, September 10 Industry Minister Gauri Kumari Yadav has resigned from her post amid controversy over her remarks regarding the shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the country. Y...
Her resignation follows criticism over comments that LPG supplies would not ease until action was taken against industrialists. Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gauri Kumari Yadav resi...
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Sept. 15: The supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas is gradually improving with the use of alternative routes followi...
Kathmandu. Although the supply of cooking gas is smooth in Kathmandu district, complaints have increased that consumers are not getting it easily, so the District Administration Office, Kathmandu h...
Nepal’s LPG crisis has been building for six months, but the recent floods and landslides have pushed it to another level. The closure of the Prithvi Highway, the capital’s main supply route, has m...
Kathmandu, September 9 Kathmandu Valley is facing a severe shortage of cooking LPG gas after recent floods disrupted the supply system. The government, however, says it has made alternative arrang...
Visual Stories The student group says the cooking gas shortage is disrupting studies, forcing students to spend hours searching for LPG instead of attending classes or preparing for exams. Studen...
Kathmandu, Sept. 13: More than 360,000 LPG cylinders have been supplied to Kathmandu Valley through alternative routes since September 3, following the disruption of the Prithvi Highway at Krishnab...
Since morning, people have been standing in line Holding empty cylinders in hand With hope in their eyes And hunger in their stomachs. The sun climbs higher The line lengthens But gas does no...
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) sold more than four million cylinders filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) last month citing an abrupt surge in demand for the kitchen essential.
Kathmandu, September 8 The supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking has declined significantly in Kathmandu after landslides at Krishnabhir along the Prithvi Highway disrupted transport...
Kathmandu. The police have returned the gas cylinders seized from Narephat, with the condition that they will be distributed to consumers at the fixed price. The police had recovered 183 cooking g...
The government’s handling of the ongoing LPG shortage has exposed serious weaknesses in Nepal’s supply and distribution system, leaving consumers to endure long queues and uncertainty over whether ...
Kathmandu. The rampant profiteering by creating an artificial shortage of cooking LPG gas in the market has increased. While ordinary consumers are wandering without gas, it has come to light that ...
Kathmandu. To discuss the LP gas shortage in the market, problems in the distribution system, and its smooth supply, newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Deepak Kumar Sah has...
Kathmandu. The Nepal LP Gas Industries Association has expressed serious concern over the remarks made by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supply towards gas industrialists. The association ...
Kathmandu. As concerns grow among consumers due to a shortage of LP gas in various parts of the country, Nepal Oil Corporation has released important data regarding the import and sales-distributio...
Kathmandu. Nepal Oil Corporation has stated that gas will be distributed from sellers appointed by the concerned gas industry in a regular process from Monday, Bhadra 1. Issuing a notice, the corp...
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