State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.Photo: Collected
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday (6 March) instructed the Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company (KGDCL) authorities not to provide gas connections to any consumer located at designated areas without legal documents.
“We want to connect all consumers based on proper documents and industries would have to set up at the government’s designated areas,” he said while discussing various issues of the KGDCL here.
Nasrul Hamid said all the gas consumers will be brought under the prepaid meter system, as KGDCL installed 60000 prepaid meters and the installation of another one lakh prepaid meters is underway.
“The government is committed to ensuring smooth and improved services to the gas and electricity consumers. We are also taking various initiatives to ensure uninterrupted power and gas supply,” he added.
Mentioning the Bailey Road fire incident, that took 46 lives, the state minister warned all his oil and gas companies to take security measures and ensure fire extinguishers to avoid any untoward situation.
As part of the government campaign for digitization, he inaugurated a data center for prepaid gas meters under the KGDCL.
“With sincere efforts by the energy and mineral resources division, the KGDCL installed 60000 prepaid gas meters and set up a data center and data recovery center at its distribution areas,” Nasrul Hamid said.
He said that the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to ensure energy security in the country, of which his ministry is working to materialize it.
The state-run gas company has 6,02,396 consumers and the gas pipeline is 3,236 kilometers.
Nasrul Hamid said it is a service-oriented government organization and is committed to providing the best services to its consumers.
As part of this, an online meter recharge system is also available through Bkash and other facilities.
The government has implemented the project aimed at building awareness of consumers about gas usage, capacity building of the management along reducing monitoring costs.
During the meeting, Petrobangla chairman Janendranath Sarkar, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation chairman and other officials were present.
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