Karnal, April 13 -- The All India LPG Distributors Federation (North West Region) on Monday termed the government's mandate, asking LPG consumers to shift to PNG within three months, as "unjust" and said that this should be voluntary, not imposed.

The distributors also criticised the government's decisions limiting LPG supply and restricting commercial supply to eateries, which further increased their workload and caused panic among consumers.

A meeting of the federation was held in Karnal, where members from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh discussed their common problems arising out of the West Asia conflict.

As per the orders from last month, it was regulated that the household consumers can b...