‘Gas for Trees’ launched in Kohima

A new Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) depot called Gas For Trees (GFT), a franchise of Kangla Gas Solutions (KSG) Pvt Ltd. Manipur, was launched by chairman of the company, Akhom Birendra Singh at its corporate office, Sepfüzou, here on Monday.
In his speech, Singh said that the new cylinders were made of composite fibre which is around 50% lighter than the older metal cylinders. The cylinders are rust-free and have a transclucent body which will help the customers to keep a check on the level.
Singh said these cylinders were the safest since it was made up of 100% non-explosive material and the composite nature of the cylinders come from the polymer-wrapped fiber glass fitted with HDPE outer jacket. Highlighting some of the features of the franchise, Singh disclosed that it would be home delivery system and a customer could avail a total of 11+1 cylinders in a year.
He said the main objective of KSG was to promote green environment by clean and quality fuel delivery.
Earlier, Nagaland State franchisee and the Entrepreneurs Associate (tEA) CEO, Neichüte Doulo, said the launch of the franchise was a fulfillment of his decades-long vision to provide people with an alternative fuel besides firewood.
He said every year millions of trees were felled in the State alone to be used as firewood, which, he added, was destroying vast areas of the forest.
He expressed hope that the launch of GFT would mitigate the deforestation issue and also provide the people with a healthier way of cooking.
Doulo said tEA had envisioned to plant 1 billion fruit trees by 2050 and therefore GFT would greatly assist in preserving trees in general. It may be mentioned here that KGS was launched in 2017 and officially inaugurated by Minister of State for Ministry of Education & External Affairs, Rajkumar Ranjan on February 14, 2022 at Imphal. Nagaland is the first State in the North East region to become a franchisee and the company hopes to soon set up similar franchisees in all the neighbouring States.