Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: Controller, Legal Metrology Department, J&K, M K A Drabu today visited Hindustan Petroleum (HP) LPG bottling plant at Pampore where he reviewed the functioning of the bottling plant and directed the company officials to adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure ensuring prescribed net contents of LPG in each cylinder supplied to the distributors for further distribution across the valley.
He also reviewed the stock position and safety Measures taken by the company. The Legal Metrology Officers accompanying the Controller conducted net content checking of different sample sizes of LPG cylinders filled with gas which has 14.2 kg of net cooking gas and cylinder weight is prominently written on each cylinder.
It is pertinent to mention that the LPG cylinders come under the purview of Legal Metrology (Packaged commodities) Rules, 2011 which mandates the department to ensure net quantity as well as mandatory declaration on cylinders. All the cylinders of selected sample were found within permissible prescribed limit.
The Controller asked the departmental official to work with added zeal and ensure daily net conduct checking in the market so that consumers get exactly quantity of LPG in the Cylinder they get and do not face any inconvenience with regard to availability of essential commodities.
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