The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has instructed liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) companies to accept partly used LPG cylinders from consumers that are suspected of being faulty.
The CAA has accordingly informed the country’s two main LPG suppliers – Litro Lanka Ltd. and Laugfs PLC – of this directive.
In a statement, the CAA Chairman stated that the companies have also been instructed that in the event that such cylinders are returned, the value of the remaining gas in those cylinders has to be calculated, and that amount should be deducted when the consumer purchases a new cylinder.
It further said that if any LPG distributor or agent refuses to accept such gas cylinders, the consumers are requested to contact the CAA.
Both Laugfs Gas and state-owned Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. – the two suppliers of LPG in Sri Lanka – have been embroiled in controversy over their products not being up to standard after a series of LPG cylinder-related fires and explosions were reported around the country.
Testing conducted by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) revealed that the gas composition of the LPG cylinders issued by both companies were not on par with the standard ratio of 30% propane to 70% butane, with a propane percentage of around 47% instead. The Presidential Committee appointed to investigate the recent LPG-related explosions has blamed the increase in the propane ratio for the explosions.
After new safety regulations were put in place to prevent this issue, there has been a notable shortage of LPG cylinders in the market. Litro Gas Lanka Chairman Theshara Jayasinghe told the media in early January that the company was finding it time consuming to meet the safety standards and that it may take about three weeks for the supply to be restored to normal. Laugfs Gas Chairman W.K.H. Wegapitiya also claimed at the time that the inability to open letters of credit (LCs) has led to the company being unable to meet the consumer demand.
LPG firms directed to accept used faulty cylinder returns
27 Jan 2022
LPG firms directed to accept used faulty cylinder returns
27 Jan 2022
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