Expert committee recommends regulatory body for LPG

The Presidential expert committee has recommended a separate organisation to regulate the distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. The eight-member expert committee prepared the final report which was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after investigations carried out in 11 institutions, including the on-site inspections and inquiries conducted on country’s two LPG companies — Litro Gas Ltd., and LAUGFS Gas PLC, as well as inspection of 17 places where fires and explosions occurred and considering the views received by e-mails.