ONLY distribute gas cylinders approved by SLSI, Court of Appeal orders Gas Companies

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal has ordered gas companies to ONLY distribute to the market, the gas cylinders that have been approved by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute.

Delivering an order on Friday (17), the Court of Appeal has also ordered gas companies to recall the gas cylinders that do not meet the SLSI standards but have been released to the market.

In addition, the gas companies were ordered by the Court to NOT charge consumers when replacing the recalled gas cylinders, with new ones that are approved by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute.

The order was made when an application against the gas issue was taken up on Friday (17) and it was fixed for 26th January 2022.