Islamabad, Jan 01: In Pakistan, the practice of using gas packed in plastic bags instead of cylinders for cooking has increased. Gas is sold by filling bags inside the shops connected to the gas pipeline network.
Reeling under the heft of a crumbling economy, the Pakistani government has failed to provide its people with basic amenities as citizens are compelled to use plastic bags to fulfill their LPG (cooking gas) needs.
Appalling as it may sound, Pakistanis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are using plastic bags to store LPG as a dip in the stock of cooking gas cylinders has forced the vendors to cut short the supply.
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HOW IS GAS STORED IN PLASTIC BAGS?
With the help of a compressor, gas vendors fill LPG in a plastic bag before shutting the opening of the bag tight with a nozzle and valve. It takes approximately an hour to fill three to four kg of gas in the plastic bag.
Ironically, in 2020, nearly 85 barrel of oil and 64,967 million cubic feet of gas was extracted from the region of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. Despite that, people are compelled to buy gas in plastic bags at Rs 500 to 900, as commercial gas cylinders cost around 10,000 Pakistani rupees.
