SANTO DOMINGO.- As of today Monday the country will face a new round of shortages of propane gas (GLP), which began Saturday in the stations in the National District, and there’s concern that hundreds of public passenger vehicles that use it as fuel won’t be able to provide service.

On Sunday several GLP stations in the Capital were out of service and didn’t know when they would get resupplied with the fuel.

Newspaper El Nuevo Diario reports that there were no vehicles looking to fill up in many stations.

The president of the drivers union grouped in CNTU, Ramon Perez Figueroa, lamented that despite its great importance for transport and homes, the Industry and Commerce Ministry has yet disclose the reason for the propane gas shortage.

Propane gas also became scarce early last week, although the authorities blamed on delays in supplies caused by rough seas.