President appoints 8-member committee to probe LPG fires, explosions

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Expert committee tasked to submit report with causes, solutions within two weeks

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday appointed an eight-member expert committee to probe into the recent incidents of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder fires and explosions reported on domestic, commercial and sales outlets countrywide, and to provide immediate solutions for the issue.

The Committee is chaired by Prof. Shantha Walpola from the University of Moratuwa and the members include Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon, Prof. Ajith De Alwis from the University of Moratuwa, Prof. W.D.W. Jayathilaka from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. Pradeep Jayaweera, Sri Lanka Inventors Commission Commissioner Prof. Narayan Sirimuthu, Technical Services Additional Director-General Dr. Sudarshana Somasiri, and SLSI Senior Deputy Director Sujeewa Mahagama.

The President has instructed the expert committee to get the information from all the necessary parties and look into existing studies, views of all stakeholders, and submit a report to him within two weeks.

Experts’ report on composition of LPG to be submitted today