Laamu Gan runs out of cooking gas, resorts to firewood

Laamu Gan Council has said that the island has run out of cooking gas and have been forced to use firewood cookers.

Hussain Moosa, the president of the island council told Sun that it has been many days since the island ran out of cooking gas. They people have resorted to cooking with firewood cookers, he said.

“It has been many days since the island completely ran out of cooking gas. Some houses still have some gas left, but most of the households have started using firewood cookers,” Hussain Moosa said.

Laamu Gan has a population of approximately 4000 people.

Abdul Raheem, a local entrepreneur in Gan told Sun that it has been about 10 days since the island ran out of cooking gas. He said that they have been unable to obtain the gas because the storage facilities in Thilafushi have refused to provide them the service.

“It has been about 10 days since the whole island ran out of gas. We’re unable to get the gas because when we go to Thilafushi, they refuse to refill. It is easy for people in Male’ to get the gas, but this is how we’re forced to live,” Abdul Raheem said.

Two weeks ago, the two major suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas in the country, Villa Gas and Maldive Gas had announced that they were facing certain delays in their gas shipment and warned of disruption to services to the capital Male’ and other parts of the country. However, at the beginning of last week, Maldive Gas said that they have lifted all restrictions on the control of cooking gas, country wide.