World

[Watch] Pakistan’s Jugaad: People Store LPG In Huge Plastic Bags Instead Of Cylinders Amid Crisis

By
OB Bureau

New Delhi: An unverified video claiming to be from Pakistan shows people carrying huge plastic bags filled with cooking gas. It is doing rounds on social media to suggest how people from Pakistan stored LPG in plastic bags instead of the alternatives like cylinders or gas pipelines.

“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,” the user tweeted while sharing the video of people transporting the plastic bags that appear like inflated balloons.

People in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have not been provided with gas connections since 2007, whereas Hangu city has been deprived of gas connection for the last two years as the pipeline that carried the gas remains unrepaired ever since it broke down, India Today reported.

How is it done?

Gas vendors fill LPG in a plastic bag before shutting the opening of the bag tight with a nozzle and valve with the help of a compressor. 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, the report added.

Carrying gas in a plastic bag is no less than a moving bomb. According to a report, at least eight patients were admitted to a burn care centre of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences after getting injured due to these plastic bags, India Today added.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

ED-Bhubaneswar Seizes Rs 1.39 Cr Unaccounted Cash During Raids On Real Estate Firm

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized unaccounted cash amounting to Rs.1.39 crore during raids…

November 25, 2024

Winter Session Of Odisha Assembly: Leaders Of 3 Major Parties Attend All-Party Meet

Bhubaneswar: The leaders of all three major parties in Odisha - BJP, BJD and Congress…

November 25, 2024

Fact Check: Did Bengal Governor Ananda Bose Unveil His Own Statue At Raj Bhawan?

Kolkata: CV Ananda Bose has been involved in multiple controversies and had several run-ins with…

November 25, 2024

Nandankanan Zoo Near Bhubaneswar Receives 11 Species Of Animals & Birds From Hyderabad

Bhubaneswar: The Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) near Bhubaneswar has received 11 species of animals and…

November 25, 2024

When Abhishek Bachchan Confessed About His ‘Big Mistake’ To Amitabh

Mumbai: Abhishek Bachchan’s performance in Shoojit Sircar’s ‘I Want To Talk’ is being lauded by…

November 25, 2024

Supreme Court Refuses To Remove ‘Socialist’ And ‘Secular’ From Constitution’s Preamble

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed pleas challenging the 42nd Amendment to the…

November 25, 2024

Fishermen Help Shark Stuck On Seabeach Get Back To Water In Odisha’s Ganjam

Berhampur: Fishermen helped a giant shark, which had got stuck on the beach in Sonapur…

November 25, 2024

3 New Cases Against Odisha BJD Leader Pranab Prakash Das’ Cousin

Jajpur: Trouble seems to have mounted further for Bhaba Prasad Das, cousin of BJD organisational…

November 25, 2024