Cooking gas distributors are complaining of non-fuel revenue goods being dumped on them by oil marketing companies (OMCs). These are goods such as rubber tubes, gas stoves and aprons, which they are being forced to sell each month.
One distributor said he had around 900 orange-coloured rubber tubes in stock. “It is enough if consumers change these tubes once in five years. In such a case, how many customers do you think will change the tube? Also, many apartment complexes have shifted to reticulated connections where the cylinders are kept at a distance away from the building and the gas is sent by pipes. Such households do not need the tubes. Also the stoves that we are given for selling are standard models with two burners. Many consumers these days have stoves with three and four burners,” he explained.
