Staff Reporter :
Experts at a seminar on Thursday alleged that the bureaucrats of the energy sector are making amusement trips abroad in the name of training tours.
They said this at the seminar titled ‘LNG import: Opportunities and Challenges’ in the auditorium of Dhaka Club in the morning.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid attended the seminar as the chief guest organized by Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB).
The experts said inefficiency and corruption are the main factors of the energy sector crises. There is a huge gas stealing from the Titas gas company, they further alleged.
“We do not find expected result from the training of the bureaucrats received from abroad. It seemed nothing but waste of money. In light of this, the government has decided to establish an energy management institute (EMI) at home with the curriculum from Australia and other countries,” said State Minister Nasrul Hamid.
He said, “When we asked the higher officials from Petrobangla or BAPEX about the gas reserves, they say there is no gas or oil under our soil. But whenever those officials got retired and joined other international companies, they say there are huge reserves of those mineral resources. It is misleading us to determine what to do.”
Nasrul Hamid said, “Whenever we asked those institutes to recruit more skilled manpower they did not consider that.”
Saleque Sufi, the Contributing Editor of the fortnightly Magazine Energy and Power, said, inefficiency and corruption are the main factors of the energy sector crises.
He alleged that there is a huge gas stealing from the Titas gas company. “One thousand megawatt electricity could be generated from the gas stolen from Titas,” he said.
He warned that if such condition prevails, the Petrobangla might be destroyed soon.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Adviser Professor Shamsul Alam said, the higher price of imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will push the people into more vulnerable condition as the gas price has already been increased.
He alleged that there is a huge corruption in the energy sector, which led the price hike of power.
The CAB adviser accused the Titas chairman of involving in huge corruption but there no investigation against him as he is energy Secretary.
He said if the gas stealing could be stopped there would no need of price hike.
Energy expert Professor M. Tamim said LNG importing as an opportunity to supply uninterrupted electricity and gas to industries to continue the industrial production.
Experts at a seminar on Thursday alleged that the bureaucrats of the energy sector are making amusement trips abroad in the name of training tours.
They said this at the seminar titled ‘LNG import: Opportunities and Challenges’ in the auditorium of Dhaka Club in the morning.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid attended the seminar as the chief guest organized by Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB).
The experts said inefficiency and corruption are the main factors of the energy sector crises. There is a huge gas stealing from the Titas gas company, they further alleged.
“We do not find expected result from the training of the bureaucrats received from abroad. It seemed nothing but waste of money. In light of this, the government has decided to establish an energy management institute (EMI) at home with the curriculum from Australia and other countries,” said State Minister Nasrul Hamid.
He said, “When we asked the higher officials from Petrobangla or BAPEX about the gas reserves, they say there is no gas or oil under our soil. But whenever those officials got retired and joined other international companies, they say there are huge reserves of those mineral resources. It is misleading us to determine what to do.”
Nasrul Hamid said, “Whenever we asked those institutes to recruit more skilled manpower they did not consider that.”
Saleque Sufi, the Contributing Editor of the fortnightly Magazine Energy and Power, said, inefficiency and corruption are the main factors of the energy sector crises.
He alleged that there is a huge gas stealing from the Titas gas company. “One thousand megawatt electricity could be generated from the gas stolen from Titas,” he said.
He warned that if such condition prevails, the Petrobangla might be destroyed soon.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Adviser Professor Shamsul Alam said, the higher price of imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will push the people into more vulnerable condition as the gas price has already been increased.
He alleged that there is a huge corruption in the energy sector, which led the price hike of power.
The CAB adviser accused the Titas chairman of involving in huge corruption but there no investigation against him as he is energy Secretary.
He said if the gas stealing could be stopped there would no need of price hike.
Energy expert Professor M. Tamim said LNG importing as an opportunity to supply uninterrupted electricity and gas to industries to continue the industrial production.
