Lalitpur, Jan. 21 : The Gas Transport Entrepreneurs Association has made it clear that gas-driven vehicles are not responsible for the present crisis in gas supply.

According to the association, about 350 micro-buses and 276 tempos, which run by gas, consume about 415 cylinders of gas daily.

Noting that all the gas-run vehicles have not been able to operate due to the shortage of gas, the association has said that increase in the price of kerosene and lack of coordination between supply and distribution has resulted in gas shortage in the valley.

Association president Chiranjibi Kumar Maskey has also said that the policy of maintaining two prices for domestic use and for vehicles would affect the gas transport entrepreneurs thereby giving rise to irregularities and black marketing.