Hotels and eateries in Kerala will shut down on March 23 as a mark of protest amid the ongoing shortage in LPG supply, the KHRA announced on Tuesday.
The state executive committee of the Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association (KHRA) demanded that hotels be declared as an essential service and LPG be provided to them.
Oil companies are not distributing cylinders to hotels as they were not included in the priority category for supply of LPG, KHRA claimed.
Private companies are using the situation as an opportunity to steeply hike the price of LPG, it alleged.
Many hotels are shutting down as they are unable to function, the statement said.
A protest march will be held to the bottling plants of the oil companies on March 19, demanding the inclusion of hotels in the priority category and distribution of LPG to them.
