Sold For IDR 20 Thousand Per Tube, Rejang Lebong Regency Government Supervises Subsidized Gas Distribution

The people of East Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency were recently seen queuing to get subsidized gas measuring 3 kg/ ANTARA

REJANG LEBONG - Rejang Lebong Regency Government, Bengkulu Province is currently supervising the distribution of 3 kilograms of subsidized LPG gas in the region. Head of the Economy Section of the Rejang Lebong Regency Government, Sofan Wahyudi, said that currently the people of Rejang Lebong Regency can directly buy 3 kg subsidized gas at the bases in their respective places according to the highest retail price of IDR 20,000 per tube. "We will collect data and supervise the distribution of subsidized gas so that it is right on target. Later residents who will receive this subsidized gas must be registered," he said in Rejang Lebong, Antara, Monday, July 17. He explained that residents who have the right to use LPG gas are those who are included in the recipients of the Family Hope Program (PKH) social assistance and the Order for the Acceleration of the Elimination of Extreme Poverty (P3KE). People who are not included in the PKH and have not been registered in the P3KE can still get the subsidized gas on condition that they bring their electronic ID card and family card (KK). "Still able to get subsidized gas, the conditions are to bring an e-KTP and photocopy of a KK, later the data base officers will input P3KE immediately," he explained. According to him, the local government has banned LPG agents and gas bases from selling 3 kg LPG gas to stalls, this is to prevent the sale of gas outside the applicable HET provisions, which is IDR 20,000 per cylinder. Meanwhile, Suparman (60), a resident of Air Bang Village, Central Curup District, who sells fried foods every day, said that currently the selling price of gas at stalls in their place is between Rp. 23,000 to Rp. 25,000 per cylinder. "The selling price of gas at the store level exceeds HET, but we still buy it because to buy at a limited stock base, not every day there is," said Wagimin.

He hopes that later there will be convenience in getting subsidized gas considering that efforts like himself need gas every day.