LPG distributors, workers protest against gas pipeline

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 16

A large number of LPG agency workers and distributors on Wednesday held a demonstration against laying of gas pipeline here. The protest was held at the Ranjit Avenue area. The agitators demanded withdrawal of the project which they alleged would render hundreds of workers attached to LPG gas agencies jobless.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has been executing the city gas pipeline projects in Amritsar and many other districts in Punjab.

Gopal Singh Mann, president, federation of LPG distributors Punjab, speaking on the occasion said the project was another example of toeing the line of corporate houses. The project would only help them while leaving hundreds of people associated with the LPG gas agencies unemployed.

I urge the government to cancel the project which would otherwise could create a law and order problem as the governments gave no heed on the rehabilitation of the people associated with the gas agencies, he said. Mann said the federation would be forced to launch agitation across Punjab if the government failed to pay heed to this.