Litro 18 - itre premium liter let in to the market

Despite strong objections by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Litro 18-litre premium liter has been allowed into the market. The launch of the new domestic cylinders triggered protests by consumers as the weight has been given in liters instead of kilograms, as done on regular 12.5kg domestic cylinders, to deceive the public.
State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna,admitted that  Litro Gas has reduced the weight of its new hybrid cylinders and the public has to incur a financial loss as a result.

 

However, at a meeting on Tuesday evening, State Minister Alagiyawanna gave the go-ahead to Litro to sell the new cooking gas cylinders at the introductory price.

 

Despite his admission earlier that the public will suffer a financial loss due to the difference in weight, the coast is now clear for the company to market its newly introduced product at the original price of Rs. 1,395, industry officials said.

 

“The color of the cylinders is bound to change but not the weight”, they said.