Dhaka CNG stations shut 2:30-7:00pm in Ramadan

The government has instructed the CNG (compressed natural gas) filling station owners to keep their stations shut from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm in the capital city during Ramadan in order to ensure smooth supply of natural gas to other consumers, especially the households.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources ordered state-run Petrobangla to take steps necessary to this end.

Currently, the CNG filling stations throughout the country remain shuts for five hours, from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm, every day to facilitate smooth natural gas supplies to other gas guzzling consumers, including industries and power plants.

The country's overall natural gas supply is now hovering around 2,885 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd), including 982 mmcfd of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (LNG), against the demand for over 4,000 mmcfd, according to Petrobangla.

Azizjst@yahoo.com