JAKARTA - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia admitted that the distribution of 3 kilogram LPG had problems in several areas in Tuban Regency, East Java. However, he ensured that the condition had been handled through market operations.
"No, I checked in Tuban Regency there were two, three regencies. But it's clear, we're doing market operations," said Bahlil at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 7.
As previously reported, residents of Tuwiriwetan Village, Merakurak District, Tuban, who in the last three weeks had to queue up to get melon gas. Not a few residents returned empty-handed because the stock at the base was running out.
At the base, purchases are limited to one cylinder per person and must show an ID card. Meanwhile, at the retailer level, gas prices are said to have jumped to Rp30 thousand per cylinder, far above the price at the base which is around Rp18 thousand.
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