2 gas compressor stations await inauguration

Low pressure of gas which disrupts its supply from the gas fields of the country’s eastern zone to Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi is expected to ease soon as the construction of two gas compressor stations in Brahmanbaria and Tangail districts has been completed. Sources at the state-owned Gas Transmission Company Ltd (GTCL) said the commissioning of the compressor stations – one at Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria and another at Elenga in Tangail – has already been done. The construction of the two compressor stations was initiated by GTCL in 2011 under a Tk 15,000 million (1,500 crore) project jointly financed by the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project is aimed at improving gas supply and removing the crisis of low gas pressure in Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the two stations any day this month, according to UNB.