The Supreme National Authority Anti-Corruption summon Executive Director of the Yemen Gas Company Anwar Hassan because the shortage of gas crisis which increased the prices of gas by 200 percent.

Hassan said the acute gas shortage that hit the country in last weeks will end over the next two days. He said the main reason for the shortage was the closure of Marib-Sana’a road, the main route where gas trucks pass, by outlaw elements.

He said that important measures are underway to resolve the gas crisis including quick alerts about blocking gas supply routes in Safer by outlaws and rerouting gas trucks along the coastlines in Hadramout, Shabwah and Aden, he said.

‘The measure costs much on gas transpiration but remains suitable.’

Other measures included the use of reserve gas quantities to meet soaring domestic demand; urging the owners of private gas filling stations to work overtime, even during holidays; the company sells gas directly to the people with its trucks; and reporting to the Ministry of Industry and Trade on daily gas distributed at local markets.

The company also started importing gas in an effort to ensure the prices of this crucial substance remains fixed, he said.

Furthermore, teams from the company paid visits to gas stores to make sure the prices were fixed and punish violators; authorities were alerted about gas price manipulators and the store base was expanded to cover all areas in the country.

93 percent of the public consumption of gas comes from Safer area in Mareb, 130 km northeast Sana’a, he said, adding that the rest quantities of gas come from Aden.

Last year saw many road closures by outlaw elements that largely contributed to the gas crisis, he made clear.

Cutting roads by subversives negatively affects the availability of gas at local markets and supply programs and policies, leading to acute gas shortages and price manipulation as well as consuming reserve quantities that must be used in emergency cases, he said.

After explanations, the SNAAC urged to set out most effective policies to avoid further gas shortages in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and Defense.

The company was also urged to follow up filling gas cylinders and commitment to security measures during the process in coordination with the Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO).

Finally, the commission and the company agreed a plan to guarantee the crisis is not repeated, with local governments and company representatives overseeing that gas stores operate as stated.

They also agreed gas monopolizers and its price manipulators must be punished as well as committing filling stations, state-owned and private ones, to supply gas.

A permanent following-up team was set up for implementing the measures well.