KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday assured of ending shortage of cooking gas in the market and of pressing the government to import the commodity from China.

Dahal responded to a memorandum submitted by the Gas Dealer Federation Nepal representatives at his residence in Lazimpat, and said all alternatives would be explored for facilitating gas import.

The UCPN-Maoist Chairman was of the opinion that the government and gas entrepreneurs should join hands to stop black marketeering of the cooking gas.

He also drew gas dealers’ attention towards the flourishing black market and growing irregularities whereas the need of the hour he emphasised was to facilitate the consumers.

The delegation led by Federation’s Chairman Gyaneshwor Aryal presented a memo demanding an easy supply of cooking gas, Dahal’s Press Coordinator, Surya Kiran Sharma said.

Dahal pledged to control black market trading in the market and stressed need for efforts from all to create an environment for easy supply of cooking gas.