UNB,Dhaka :
Gas supply to industries will remain suspended for four hours from 5 to 9 pm every day for 15 days from Tuesday.
State-owned Petrobangla issued this directive on Monday saying that all industries are requested to abide by the order on the occasion of Holy Ramadan.
Regretting for the temporary inconvenience, the Petrobangla said that the vigilance teams of the gas distribution companies will monitor the issue.
Earlier, the Petrobangla had instructed all the CNG refueling stations to keep those closed for six hours from 5 to 11 pm every day during the Holy Ramadan to facilitate gas supply to household consumers and power plants.
Such directives came against the backdrop of the nagging gas crisis as consumers in many areas have been complaining that they are not getting gas supply during Ramadan for their cooking.
In the meantime, the gas supply experienced a drastic fall on April 3, on the very first day of Ramadan fallowing a technical fault at the Bibiyana gas field, the largest gas field in the country.
After 5 days, the fault was repaired and Bibiyana resumed full production on April 7, but still consumers in many areas in and outside the capital Dhaka are alleging that they are suffering from gas crisis.
The situation forced Petrobangla to issue new order to keep the gas supply suspended for four hours a day to the industries for next 15 days.
