BSS, Dhaka :
The government has decided to introduce 2.60 lakh prepaid gas metres in the capital city and the commercial capital of the country aimed at preventing the wastage of natural gas, a ministry official said.
“The government took the two projects to introduce the prepaid gas metres for residential consumers in the two mega cities,” Secretary of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Abu Bakar Siddique told BSS yesterday.
He said, the residential consumers of the two metropolitan cities will get more financial benefits by using the prepaid gas metres in their existing two burners.
The total cost for implementation of the two projects is Taka 970.50 crore, of which Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will finance Taka 607.18 crore and the rest of will come from Bangladesh Government, the secretary said.
“Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources took the projects to install prepaid metres for prevention of wastage of natural gas,” Abu Bakar said.
He said, the two projects are now at the planning ministry for final approval by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) and Titas will implement its project from July 2014-June 2022 and Karnaphuli from July 2014-2020.
According to the project, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will install 2,00,000 prepaid metres for the residential consumers of Dhaka at a cost of Taka 722 crore, while Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will set up 60,000 metres at a cost of Taka 248.40 crore.
Earlier, Titas installed 5,000 prepaid meters in Mohammadpur and Lalmatia areas under a pilot project and it has planned to install 8,600 metres in the area, the project detail said.
The government has decided to introduce 2.60 lakh prepaid gas metres in the capital city and the commercial capital of the country aimed at preventing the wastage of natural gas, a ministry official said.
“The government took the two projects to introduce the prepaid gas metres for residential consumers in the two mega cities,” Secretary of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Abu Bakar Siddique told BSS yesterday.
He said, the residential consumers of the two metropolitan cities will get more financial benefits by using the prepaid gas metres in their existing two burners.
The total cost for implementation of the two projects is Taka 970.50 crore, of which Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will finance Taka 607.18 crore and the rest of will come from Bangladesh Government, the secretary said.
“Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources took the projects to install prepaid metres for prevention of wastage of natural gas,” Abu Bakar said.
He said, the two projects are now at the planning ministry for final approval by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) and Titas will implement its project from July 2014-June 2022 and Karnaphuli from July 2014-2020.
According to the project, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will install 2,00,000 prepaid metres for the residential consumers of Dhaka at a cost of Taka 722 crore, while Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will set up 60,000 metres at a cost of Taka 248.40 crore.
Earlier, Titas installed 5,000 prepaid meters in Mohammadpur and Lalmatia areas under a pilot project and it has planned to install 8,600 metres in the area, the project detail said.
