Citizens pay price of gas shortage (Local).SANA'A, Aug. 12 -- A propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. gas shortage is turning into a regular phenomenon Yemenis are accustomed to by the advent of Ramadan. What is new this year is that the crisis emerged some 15 days before Ramadan. The situation discloses a complete lack of oversight
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The search for a cylinder cylinder, in mathematics, surface generated by a line moving parallel to a given fixed line and continually intersecting a given fixed curve called the directrix; each line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator. of gas turned into a daily problem suffered by heads of households. In July and August, there have been seven tribal interceptions of gas trucks driving on the Sana'a-Marib Highway, a phenomenon that played a great role in producing the crisis. This forced the Yemeni Gas Company (YGC YGC Yale Glee Club YGC Yahoo Geocities ) to resort to its reserves to mitigate mit·i·gate v. To moderate in force or intensity. mit  i·ga tion n. the crisis.
The capital city of Sana'a has been deprived of receiving its supply of propane gas, which is 40,000 to 50,000 cylinders daily. These quantities are supposed to meet the growing demand for propane gas in the local market, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Operations Manager See datacenter manager. at YGC Mohammed Ghalib. Abdullah Badi, manager of the Capital City Reserve at YGC, confirmed that the company's reserves located in Dhahban, Eritel and Subaha amount to a mere 200,000 cylinders. "How it is possible for this quantity to meet the growing demand of two million people in the city?" he wondered. Despite resorting to the reserves to meet the growing demand in the local market over the past few days, the YGC failed to mitigate the crisis and hundreds of citizens these days are seen lining up before gas shops to get filled cylinders. The crisis led some gas shops to close, thereby creating a black market for the sale of propane gas. Vendors exploited the opportunity to sell gas at a price of YR 1,000 to 1,500 per cylinder. Citizens complain that there may be agreements and coordination among gas shopkeepers to make money off the crisis, the price of which is being paid by the citizens. Vendors indicate that shopkeepers add YR 100 to 200 per cylinder these days, thus forcing them to increase the price of a filled cylinder. A lack of propane gas supplies is the main reason for the current crisis, according to gas shopkeepers. They complain that their pickups wait in front of gas stations for four days to be filled. They added that tribal interceptions on the Sana'a-Mareb Highway prevented gas trucks from reaching Sana'a and other main cities. There are around 500 gas shops in Sana'a, of which 450 belong to YGC. The remainder are owned by citizens, according to Badi. He clarified that YGC affiliated shops are supplied with 200 cylinders a day and that this quantity increases up to 600 to 800 cylinders on days that see a growing demand.... Copyright Yemen Times The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly (on Mondays and Thursdays) and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service. . All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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