Price hike of gas! :
The government has announced the decision to increase the price of gas from March and again in June 2017.
It is natural for commodity prices to go up, but a jump from TK 600 to TK 900 is too high a raise in one go. The government has argued that the price increase has been calculated so as to cushion the infrastructure development cost. However, the gas sector has adequate accumulation of reserve fund kept idle.
Consumers would happily agree to a bearable increase of 10 to 15 percent in gas prices, instead of the proposed 50 percent increase. We have also heard that they might raise the unit prices of electricity as well. These proposed price hikes will heavily hit pensioners and middle-income households. The waste of gas in domestic use can be prevented by installing gas meters, as has already been done in some parts of the city.
The government has announced the decision to increase the price of gas from March and again in June 2017.
It is natural for commodity prices to go up, but a jump from TK 600 to TK 900 is too high a raise in one go. The government has argued that the price increase has been calculated so as to cushion the infrastructure development cost. However, the gas sector has adequate accumulation of reserve fund kept idle.
Consumers would happily agree to a bearable increase of 10 to 15 percent in gas prices, instead of the proposed 50 percent increase. We have also heard that they might raise the unit prices of electricity as well. These proposed price hikes will heavily hit pensioners and middle-income households. The waste of gas in domestic use can be prevented by installing gas meters, as has already been done in some parts of the city.
Sirajul Islam
Dhaka
