Corona is also beginning to have an impact on gas cylinder delivery. Due to contamination of delivery personnel and other reasons, people are not able to get cylinders on time.
Lpg cylinder
All the systems have come to a standstill due to the Corona epidemic. It also seems to affect the delivery of LPG Cylinder. In fact, the waiting period has increased due to more than 20 percent deliverymen getting corona infected. In such a situation, consumers may have to wait a long time for delivery of LPG.
According to an English media report, the delivery weight of LPG gas has increased from one day to three days. Usually delivery is done on the next day of gas booking, but work is being affected due to low manpower. Delivery area and COVID affected areas are facing more problems of delivery.
Walkers are escaping
In order to avoid the outbreak of the second wave of Corona, many deliverymen have left work and returned to their homes, while the rest of the walkers also continue to flee. According to the report, so far 18 percent deliverymen have escaped in the country. Due to which the waiting period is expected to increase further in the coming days.
Cylinder booking also declined
Due to the increasing havoc of Corona, lockdown has been imposed at different places in the country. Due to which commercial cylinder booking has come down by about 80 percent. The closure of shops and restaurants has affected it badly. At the same time, the booking of domestic LPG cylinders has also been reduced by 25 percent in April. It is estimated that due to the return of most people to the village, there has been a decrease in the number of bookers. It is said that Ujjwala Customer Monthly Booking has also come down from 20 to 25 percent.
Last year, only 5 percent of the works were infected
Last year too, the country was severely affected due to the Corona epidemic. But in the year 2020, only 5 percent of the deliverymen were infected with the corona. Due to which the delivery of the gas cylinder was not affected much, but this time the situation has changed completely. In such a situation, it is believed that from next month, they can reach 5 days from three days in COVID affected areas.
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