Condemned Propane Cylinders Spark Strike by Distributers

Mumbai : The old cylanders had been auctioned as scrap metal. They have a limited life span and are taken out of circulation when they expire. The safety valves are removed and holes bored in them to render them unusable, kanglaonline.com reported.

About 800 old cylnders were auctioned in Assam about three months ago. But instead of going to the refinery for scrap, many of them have started turning up on the market, having been patched up for refilling and given new nozzles. The ruse was detected following complaints from enraged customers.